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Liz Truss continued to shape her new administration this afternoon as she started to appoint Tory MPs to mid-level and junior ministerial roles.
The Prime Minister appointed her Cabinet yesterday evening but she has now begun to fill the positions which are lower down the ministerial ladder.
Ms Truss has made Robert Jenrick, a supporter of Rishi Sunak and a former Cabinet minister, the minister of state at the Department of Health.
Meanwhile, Rachel Maclean has been made a justice minister, Victoria Prentis has been made a work and pensions minister, Julia Lopez has been made a culture minister and Michael Tomlinson has been appointed Solicitor General.
Appointments are expected to continue this afternoon and into this evening as Ms Truss looks to finalise her ministerial line-up.
The Telegraph's Whitehall Correspondent Tony Diver has more from the 1922 Committee meeting in Parliament.
Liz Truss was tight-lipped as she left the 1922 Committee meeting of Tory backbenchers - smiling at reporters but ignoring questions about how the meeting had been.
One Rishi Sunak supporter leaving the meeting told The Telegraph: “It was very good. She brought the party together.” Another added: “Very strong performances”.
Asked what message Ms Truss had given to her parliamentary party, Michael Gove replied: “Growth, growth, growth”.
New national security adviser announced
As well as the raft junior minister appointments that are being announced this afternoon, a shake-up of other top jobs is also underway.
Sir Tim Barrow has been appointed as the Prime Minister’s National Security Adviser, Downing Street has said.
He will replace Sir Stephen Lovegrove who has been appointed as the Prime Minister’s Defence Industrial Adviser.
1922 Committee meeting is underway
Tory MPs have just welcomed the new Prime Minister to a 1922 Committee meeting of backbenchers in their usual way - by banging on the table, writes The Telegraph's Whitehall Correspondent Tony Diver.
Liz Truss will now deliver a short address to the MPs and they will be able to ask her questions about her new Government’s priorities.
Waiting outside the room on Parliament’s committee corridor, MPs were glued to their phones as new ministerial appointments were announced.
But missing from the meeting was Ms Truss’s rival for the last six weeks - Rishi Sunak. The former chancellor and his campaign manager, Mel Stride, were speaking instead in the second reading of the Financial Services and Markets Bill.
Who can think why this 1922 committee meeting would be one they’d prefer to miss?
Mark Spencer appointed to Defra role
Mark Spencer, a Rishi Sunak supporter, has been made a minister of state at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, The Telegraph understands.
He was sacked as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council yesterday, but has now been appointed to a new Government post.
Mr Spencer, who was chief whip for three years until February of this year, will now work under the new Environment Secretary Ranil Jayawardena.
Pound drops to weakest level in four decades
The pound has crashed to its weakest level in almost four decades in a blow to new Prime Minister Liz Truss.
Sterling dropped as much as 1pc against the dollar to $1.1410 – its lowest since 1985, when Margaret Thatcher was in power and Ronald Reagan's tax cuts drove the US currency to huge highs.
The pound had rallied as Ms Truss took office yesterday, with markets soothed by reports of a major support package for household energy bills.
But sentiment soured today amid concerns about the outlook for the economy and a widening trade deficit as the Government coughs up at least £100bn for the energy bills support.
You can follow live updates on the state of the economy at The Telegraph's business live blog here.
Putin labels appointment of Liz Truss 'undemocratic'
Vladimir Putin has claimed the appointment of Liz Truss as Prime Minister was "far from democratic".
Speaking in Vladivostok, the Russian President said: “In the UK, the procedure for electing the head of state is far from democratic.
“It takes place within the framework of the party that won the previous parliamentary election. The UK people do not participate in the change of government in this case.”
Mr Putin’s most recent election, in 2018, saw him secure more than 75 per cent of the vote, but his most prominent opponents were prevented from standing.
Mark Spencer appointed to Defra role
Mark Spencer, a Rishi Sunak supporter, has been made a minister of state at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, The Telegraph understands.
He was sacked as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council yesterday, but has now been appointed to a new Government post.
Mr Spencer, who was chief whip for three years until February of this year, will now work under the new Environment Secretary Ranil Jayawardena.
Pound drops to weakest level in four decades
The pound has crashed to its weakest level in almost four decades in a blow to new Prime Minister Liz Truss.
Sterling dropped as much as 1pc against the dollar to $1.1410 – its lowest since 1985, when Margaret Thatcher was in power and Ronald Reagan's tax cuts drove the US currency to huge highs.
The pound had rallied as Ms Truss took office yesterday, with markets soothed by reports of a major support package for household energy bills.
But sentiment soured today amid concerns about the outlook for the economy and a widening trade deficit as the Government coughs up at least £100bn for the energy bills support.
You can follow live updates on the state of the economy at The Telegraph's business live blog here.
Putin labels appointment of Liz Truss 'undemocratic'
Vladimir Putin has claimed the appointment of Liz Truss as Prime Minister was "far from democratic".
Speaking in Vladivostok, the Russian President said: “In the UK, the procedure for electing the head of state is far from democratic.
“It takes place within the framework of the party that won the previous parliamentary election. The UK people do not participate in the change of government in this case.”
Mr Putin’s most recent election, in 2018, saw him secure more than 75 per cent of the vote, but his most prominent opponents were prevented from standing.
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