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| Who’s who in Boris Johnson’s first cabinet | Who’s who in Boris Johnson’s first cabinet |
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| Sajid Javid – chancellor | Sajid Javid – chancellor |
| The former home secretary always seemed set for a high-ranking position in Boris Johnson’s cabinet, as an already prominent minister who was seen as having boosted his status in the race to succeed Theresa May. He will now replace Philip Hammond as chancellor. | The former home secretary always seemed set for a high-ranking position in Boris Johnson’s cabinet, as an already prominent minister who was seen as having boosted his status in the race to succeed Theresa May. He will now replace Philip Hammond as chancellor. |
| The former investment banker – who has never denied the theory that he took a pay cut of about 97% when he became an MP in 2010 – has risen through the ministerial ranks, serving under May as communities secretary and then replacing Amber Rudd as home secretary after she quit over the Windrush scandal. | The former investment banker – who has never denied the theory that he took a pay cut of about 97% when he became an MP in 2010 – has risen through the ministerial ranks, serving under May as communities secretary and then replacing Amber Rudd as home secretary after she quit over the Windrush scandal. |
| Javid used his profile and backstory to propel an energetic leadership campaign as far as the fourth round of MPs’ voting, after which he calmly moved his support behind Johnson. | Javid used his profile and backstory to propel an energetic leadership campaign as far as the fourth round of MPs’ voting, after which he calmly moved his support behind Johnson. |
| As he said many times during the process, Sajid is not your typical Conservative minister. He was born in Rochdale to parents who had moved from Pakistan. Javid’s father initially worked as a bus driver and then opened a shop in Bristol. | As he said many times during the process, Sajid is not your typical Conservative minister. He was born in Rochdale to parents who had moved from Pakistan. Javid’s father initially worked as a bus driver and then opened a shop in Bristol. |
| Javid became a Tory activist at university and then joined a US investment bank, saying it felt more open than the UK equivalents, where bosses hinted someone from his background would be better off lowering their ambitions. | Javid became a Tory activist at university and then joined a US investment bank, saying it felt more open than the UK equivalents, where bosses hinted someone from his background would be better off lowering their ambitions. |
| A diligent minister if often criticised as an uninspiring speaker, Javid saw his profile rise during the leadership campaign, not least when in a TV debate he nudged his fellow candidates into agreeing to an inquiry into Islamophobia in the party. PW | A diligent minister if often criticised as an uninspiring speaker, Javid saw his profile rise during the leadership campaign, not least when in a TV debate he nudged his fellow candidates into agreeing to an inquiry into Islamophobia in the party. PW |
| Dominic Raab – foreign secretary and first secretary of state | Dominic Raab – foreign secretary and first secretary of state |
| The former Brexit secretary thought he had a real chance of entering No 10 but he failed to win over the Eurosceptic hardliners who ended up flocking to Johnson. Within the party he is considered a rightwinger with an interest in civil liberties, as a former chief of staff to David Davis before entering parliament. | The former Brexit secretary thought he had a real chance of entering No 10 but he failed to win over the Eurosceptic hardliners who ended up flocking to Johnson. Within the party he is considered a rightwinger with an interest in civil liberties, as a former chief of staff to David Davis before entering parliament. |
| He has in the past proposed allowing state schools to make a profit, scrapping all “levies subsidising green technologies” on energy bills, ending the minimum wage for under-21s working for small businesses and making it easier for companies to sack underperforming employees. He has also spoken of wanting to scrap the Government Equalities Office, which he describes as “pointless”, and merging the Department for International Development (DfID) into the Foreign Office. | He has in the past proposed allowing state schools to make a profit, scrapping all “levies subsidising green technologies” on energy bills, ending the minimum wage for under-21s working for small businesses and making it easier for companies to sack underperforming employees. He has also spoken of wanting to scrap the Government Equalities Office, which he describes as “pointless”, and merging the Department for International Development (DfID) into the Foreign Office. |
| During the leadership campaign, he defended his claim that feminists are some of the most obnoxious bigots and that men are getting a raw deal, saying he does not want “double standards” in the debate on equality. RM | During the leadership campaign, he defended his claim that feminists are some of the most obnoxious bigots and that men are getting a raw deal, saying he does not want “double standards” in the debate on equality. RM |
| Matt Hancock – health secretary | |
| The Tiggerish health secretary has kept the same job he had at the start of the day. Hancock will be relieved to stay in the cabinet, but could be forgiven for wishing it was a promotion given the mockery endured over his rapid swivel to support Johnson after his own very differently-oriented campaign ran out of steam. | |
| A former protege of George Osborne, Hancock comes firmly from the more liberal, modernising side of the party, and made his tilt for the leadership insisting a no-deal Brexit would be a bad mistake. | |
| After his ejection from the fight in the first round of voting, rather than swing behind a more similarly-minded candidate such as Rory Stewart, or even Michael Gove, Hancock revealed that he would support Johnson as a “one-nation” Conservative. There then followed several rather uncomfortable media appearances in which the Johnson camp sent out Hancock to defend policies he had previously condemned. | |
| It is not the first time Hancock has pulled off such a miraculous escape. As chief of staff to Osborne before entering parliament in 2010, Hancock was closely associated with the Osborne–Cameron circle, and rose steadily through junior ministerial ranks under the coalition and beyond. | |
| When May took over in 2016 he might have expected a return to the backbenches but was spared, possibly because – as with Johnson – he was an early backer of the future PM in the leadership contest. Within 18 months he was in the cabinet as culture secretary where, among other achievements, he launched the much-mocked “Matt Hancock app” – and then on to health. PW | |
| Priti Patel – home secretary | Priti Patel – home secretary |
| A key face of the Vote Leave campaign, Patel was sacked by May as international development secretary for a highly ill-advised freelance trip to Israel where she touted her influence with politicians – without the knowledge of the Foreign Office. | A key face of the Vote Leave campaign, Patel was sacked by May as international development secretary for a highly ill-advised freelance trip to Israel where she touted her influence with politicians – without the knowledge of the Foreign Office. |
| Born to Gujarati parents who fled Uganda in the 1960s, she is a well-known voice on the right of the Conservative party. She was a controversial appointment at DfID, having previously called for the foreign aid target to be scrapped. She also once advocated bringing back the death penalty. | Born to Gujarati parents who fled Uganda in the 1960s, she is a well-known voice on the right of the Conservative party. She was a controversial appointment at DfID, having previously called for the foreign aid target to be scrapped. She also once advocated bringing back the death penalty. |
| Patel flirted with a leadership bid and sparked frenzied speculation that she would run when seen filming a promotional video in Victoria Tower gardens. But she decided against it and gave her support to Johnson, a close ally when they both sat round the cabinet table. He gave vocal support to her when she was mired in the scandal which led to her resignation. JE | Patel flirted with a leadership bid and sparked frenzied speculation that she would run when seen filming a promotional video in Victoria Tower gardens. But she decided against it and gave her support to Johnson, a close ally when they both sat round the cabinet table. He gave vocal support to her when she was mired in the scandal which led to her resignation. JE |
| Michael Gove – chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Michael Gove – chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster |
| In being made Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster – effectively minister without portfolio – Gove could either be rewarded by Johnson with a key, roving brief or utterly sidelined. | In being made Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster – effectively minister without portfolio – Gove could either be rewarded by Johnson with a key, roving brief or utterly sidelined. |
| If the latter happens it will be a notable demotion for an energetic and strongly pro-Brexit minister who narrowly missed out on reaching the final stage of the Tory leadership campaign. | If the latter happens it will be a notable demotion for an energetic and strongly pro-Brexit minister who narrowly missed out on reaching the final stage of the Tory leadership campaign. |
| This time, Gove did not overly alienate Johnson, but there is still bad blood between the pair for the way Gove – as Johnson would see it – double-crossed him in the last leadership election in 2016, deciding at the last moment to stand himself rather than support Johnson, who then pulled out. | This time, Gove did not overly alienate Johnson, but there is still bad blood between the pair for the way Gove – as Johnson would see it – double-crossed him in the last leadership election in 2016, deciding at the last moment to stand himself rather than support Johnson, who then pulled out. |
| Like Johnson a former newspaper columnist, in his case for the Times, Gove has represented the safe Surrey Heath seat since 2005. | Like Johnson a former newspaper columnist, in his case for the Times, Gove has represented the safe Surrey Heath seat since 2005. |
| After a junior spell on the shadow front benches he was made education secretary by David Cameron in 2010 and oversaw a massive change of the schools system, including a mass process of academy conversions, winning plaudits from many Tories but alienating many teachers, school leaders and others in the system. | After a junior spell on the shadow front benches he was made education secretary by David Cameron in 2010 and oversaw a massive change of the schools system, including a mass process of academy conversions, winning plaudits from many Tories but alienating many teachers, school leaders and others in the system. |
| Gove was notably better received as justice secretary, in part as he spent much of his time undoing the disastrous work of Chris Grayling. He lost the job when Theresa May took over, but a year later was moved to the environment brief, where he energetically went to war on plastic and won some cautious praise from environmental groups. PW | Gove was notably better received as justice secretary, in part as he spent much of his time undoing the disastrous work of Chris Grayling. He lost the job when Theresa May took over, but a year later was moved to the environment brief, where he energetically went to war on plastic and won some cautious praise from environmental groups. PW |
| Liz Truss – international trade secretary | Liz Truss – international trade secretary |
| The former chief secretary to the Treasury, now the International trade secretary is a staunch ideological supporter of Johnson, supporting his plan to cut taxes for higher- earners with notably more enthusiasm then he did. | The former chief secretary to the Treasury, now the International trade secretary is a staunch ideological supporter of Johnson, supporting his plan to cut taxes for higher- earners with notably more enthusiasm then he did. |
| The MP for South West Norfolk since 2010 was briefly justice secretary before moving to the Treasury – where her staunchly pro-Brexit views put Truss at odds with her boss, Philip Hammond. | The MP for South West Norfolk since 2010 was briefly justice secretary before moving to the Treasury – where her staunchly pro-Brexit views put Truss at odds with her boss, Philip Hammond. |
| Truss styles herself as a champion of free- enterprise, low taxes, reduced regulations and the gig economy, something she insists will make the party appeal to younger voters, – a generation she regularly, and slightly cringingly, refers to as “Uber-riding, Airbnb-ing, Deliveroo-eating freedom fighters”. | Truss styles herself as a champion of free- enterprise, low taxes, reduced regulations and the gig economy, something she insists will make the party appeal to younger voters, – a generation she regularly, and slightly cringingly, refers to as “Uber-riding, Airbnb-ing, Deliveroo-eating freedom fighters”. |
| Also known for a hugely earnest and much-memed speech about cheese imports, Truss grew up in a leftwing family in Paisley and then Leeds, but moved gradually towards the Conservatives, via the Lib Dems. | Also known for a hugely earnest and much-memed speech about cheese imports, Truss grew up in a leftwing family in Paisley and then Leeds, but moved gradually towards the Conservatives, via the Lib Dems. |
| A qualified accountant, she worked for Shell and Cable & Wireless, but was still only 25 when she contested her first Westminster seat, Hemsworth, in 2001. After another false start in 2005 she was adopted in her current safe seat. | A qualified accountant, she worked for Shell and Cable & Wireless, but was still only 25 when she contested her first Westminster seat, Hemsworth, in 2001. After another false start in 2005 she was adopted in her current safe seat. |
| In parliament, Truss soon set out her views – along with Dominic Raab she was among five Tory MPs who wrote Britannia Unchained, a 2012 booklet dedicated to unbridled free enterprise, one much-quoted section of which condemned the British people as “among the worst idlers in the world”. PW | In parliament, Truss soon set out her views – along with Dominic Raab she was among five Tory MPs who wrote Britannia Unchained, a 2012 booklet dedicated to unbridled free enterprise, one much-quoted section of which condemned the British people as “among the worst idlers in the world”. PW |
| Ben Wallace – defence secretary | Ben Wallace – defence secretary |
| An MP for almost 15 years and a frontbencher for 12, Wallace will nonetheless be one of the lesser-known figures in Boris Johnson’s new cabinet, where he has replaced Penny Mordaunt as defence secretary. | An MP for almost 15 years and a frontbencher for 12, Wallace will nonetheless be one of the lesser-known figures in Boris Johnson’s new cabinet, where he has replaced Penny Mordaunt as defence secretary. |
| Formerly the security minister in the Home Office, he has a military background, serving as an officer in the Scots Guards in Northern Ireland, among other postings, before working in the defence industry. | Formerly the security minister in the Home Office, he has a military background, serving as an officer in the Scots Guards in Northern Ireland, among other postings, before working in the defence industry. |
| From 1999 to 2003 he was a member of the Scottish parliament, standing down to seek a Westminster seat in England. In 2005 he won the Lancaster and Wyre seat, switching to the newly-created Wyre and Preston North constituency after a rejig of boundaries. | From 1999 to 2003 he was a member of the Scottish parliament, standing down to seek a Westminster seat in England. In 2005 he won the Lancaster and Wyre seat, switching to the newly-created Wyre and Preston North constituency after a rejig of boundaries. |
| From 2007 he worked in the Scotland and Northern Ireland offices, and as a whip, before entering the Home Office when Theresa May became PM. PW | From 2007 he worked in the Scotland and Northern Ireland offices, and as a whip, before entering the Home Office when Theresa May became PM. PW |
| Stephen Barclay – stays on as Brexit secretary | Stephen Barclay – stays on as Brexit secretary |
| Barclay was little known outside Westminster when he was first appointed as Brexit secretary to succeed Raab, who resigned over May’s deal. He was considered by Brussels to be better prepared than the first Brexit secretary, David Davis, and easier to deal with than Raab. | Barclay was little known outside Westminster when he was first appointed as Brexit secretary to succeed Raab, who resigned over May’s deal. He was considered by Brussels to be better prepared than the first Brexit secretary, David Davis, and easier to deal with than Raab. |
| But as an early backer of Johnson he clashed with Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, when delivering the sobering message that Johnson now considered May’s deal dead. He has recently championed the need to continue with high spending on no-deal preparations and described the prospect as “under-priced”. RM | But as an early backer of Johnson he clashed with Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, when delivering the sobering message that Johnson now considered May’s deal dead. He has recently championed the need to continue with high spending on no-deal preparations and described the prospect as “under-priced”. RM |
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