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Your support makes all the difference.Boris Johnson has carried out the most brutal cabinet reshuffle in modern history as he sacked more than half of Theresa May's top team within hours of taking charge.
Allies of Ms May were unceremoniously cleared out, with rival Jeremy Hunt was among the senior figures to leave the government in favour of Brexiteers.
Sajid Javid was appointed as chancellor, with Brexiteers Priti Patel and Dominic Raab returning to the cabinet as home secretary and foreign secretary.
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Greg Clark, the BEIS secretary, has also left the government - perhaps a less surprising move as he was an ally of the former prime minister Theresa May.
Housing and Communities secretary James Brokenshire has been sacked from the government - he was a loyal ally of Theresa May.
So far, these are the cabinet ministers who have left government:
- Chancellor Philip Hammond (resigned)
- Deputy PM David Lidington (resigned)
- Transport secretary Chris Grayling (resigned)
- Dfid secretary Rory Stewart (resigned)
- Business secretary Greg Clark (sacked)
- Housing and Communities secretary James Brokenshire (sacked)
- Education secretary Damian Hinds (sacked)
- Defence secretary Penny Mordaunt (sacked)
- Northern Ireland secretary Karen Bradley (sacked)
- International trade secretary Liam Fox (sacked)
- Justice secretary David Gauke (resigned)
A fond farewell from Chris Grayling's opposite number in the Commons
Jeremy Corbyn said Labour will table a motion of no confidence in the Government when they believe they can win.
"It requires a majority to win a motion of no confidence. I will put one down at a time of our choosing when we think it will be successful," he said.
He added: "Conservative and DUP MPs need to recognise this is a Government that barely has an arithmetic majority in Parliament and certainly doesn't have the confidence of the people of this country.
"This country deserves a general election to decide which government it wants, who it wants in government and how we are going to deal with the glaring inequality and injustice in our society.
"The new PM didn't offer the solution to any of those issues. All he offered was a continuation of austerity and more tax cuts for the very richest."
Jeremy Hunt has left the government - in a major shock. The ex-foreign secretary - who was Boris Johnson's rival in the leadership race - was said to have been offered the defence brief but turned it down.
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