BBC: Theresa May is forming her new government after becoming Conservative prime minister.
The former home secretary, 59, becomes the UK’s second female prime minister in the wake of David Cameron’s resignation after the EU referendum. She had previously served in the Home Office for more than six years.
She will announce her full cabinet over the coming hours, but here’s what we know so far. The list will be updated as new appointments are made.
Chancellor of the Exchequer – Philip Hammond
Campaigned to Remain in the EU
Philip Hammond has been named chancellor of the exchequer. He was foreign secretary under David Cameron from 2014 to 2016, having previously served as defence and transport secretaries. He replaces George Osborne.
Mr Hammond, 60, is seen at Westminster as the ultimate safe pair of hands. Sometimes mocked as “box office Phil” for what some see as his dull delivery, he forged a reputation in the shadow Treasury team as the Tories’ public spending “axeman”.
He was seen as a Eurosceptic who spoke of withdrawal if the EU was not reformed, but campaigned to remain in the referendum. He now has the job of steering Britain’s economy through the choppy post-Brexit waters.
Foreign Secretary – Boris Johnson
Campaigned to Leave the EU
Boris Johnson succeeds Mr Hammond at the Foreign Office. The former London mayor headed the campaign for the UK to leave the European Union. He did not previously have a ministerial appointment in Mr Cameron’s government but accepted an invitation to attend political cabinet. He was not running any department.
Mr Johnson, 52, may be one of the best known politicians in the country but the move to foreign secretary is a big step up from his previous role.
Home Secretary – Amber Rudd
Remain campaigner
Amber Rudd has been made home secretary, filling the vacancy left by Mrs May. Ms Rudd was formerly energy and climate change secretary, a position she held for just one year.
During the campaign for Remain in the EU referendum, she warned in a TV debate that she would not trust the new Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to drive her home at the end of a night out.
The former investment banker, venture capitalist, and financial journalist, 52, decided to enter politics in her 40s in order to get “a grip on her life”.
She quickly joined the fast track to the top after being elected to Parliament as MP for Hastings and Rye. She was seen as a protege of then Chancellor George Osborne, serving as his parliamentary private secretary before being promoted to junior minister at the Energy and Climate Change department in 2014.
Defence Secretary – Michael Fallon
Remain campaigner
Michael Fallon has kept his job at the Ministry of Defence – a position the 64-year-old has held since 2014.
He was Conservative MP for Darlington from 1983 to 1992 – initially during Margaret Thatcher’s time in Downing Street – and after leaving Parliament, he was later re-elected as MP for Sevenoaks in 1997.
A former Conservative Party deputy chairman, has has previously served as energy and business minister, and before that secretary of state for business and enterprise.
Seen as a safe pair of hands in Westminster, he described himself as a “pretty reluctant Remainer” after the EU referendum.
Secretary of State for Exiting the EU – David Davis
Leave campaigner
David Davis has been appointed to the new cabinet position of secretary of state for exiting the European Union – or “Brexit secretary”. A veteran Eurosceptic, he has previously held the positions of Conservative party chairman and shadow deputy prime minister. Between 2003 and 2008, he was the shadow home secretary under both Michael Howard and David Cameron.
Mr Davis, 67, lost to David Cameron in the 2005 Tory leadership contest.
Details about the new Brexit department are still emerging, but it is likely to take the lead in negotiating Britain’s departure from the EU and unpicking the thousands of pages of EU rules written into UK law.
Theresa May was reported to have ordered civil servants to find a building for the new department.
Secretary of State for International Trade – Liam Fox
Leave campaigner
Liam Fox, 54, has taken on another newly created position as secretary of state for international trade. He was made secretary of state for defence in 2010 but resigned in 2011 over allegations he had given a close friend, lobbyist Adam Werritty, access to the Ministry of Defence and allowed him to join official trips overseas.
Like Mr Davis he is a Eurosceptic who voted to leave the EU and he also stood unsuccessfully for the Conservative Party leadership in 2005.
He stood again in the latest race to be leader but dropped out after the first ballot.
And those who are out…
George Osborne
Remain campaigner
George Osborne has been fired as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
He had been in the Treasury since 2010 – throughout David Cameron’s tenure in Downing Street. He had also been first secretary of state since May 2015.
A key ally of Mr Cameron, Mr Osborne tweeted it had been a “privilege” to be chancellor, adding: “Others will judge – I hope I’ve left the economy in a better state than I found it.”
Michael Gove
Leave campaigner
Michael Gove has been fired as justice secretary. The former Times journalist also served under David Cameron as education secretary in the coalition government, and as chief whip.
He successfully campaigned for Brexit alongside Boris Johnson – but later withdrew his support for his colleague to be Conservative leader and prime minister, instead standing himself. He was eliminated in the final round of voting by MPs in third place.
His surprise move to stand for the leadership and therefore to become prime minister effectively dashed Mr Johnson’s hopes of running.
Nicky Morgan
Remain campaigner
Nicky Morgan is to leave her post as education secretary.
The 43-year-old, who qualified as a lawyer, became an MP in 2010 and rose to the cabinet position of minister for women and equalities in 2013.
London-born Ms Morgan replaced Michael Gove as education secretary in 2014. She reportedly considered standing in the Conservative leadership contest, but ultimately threw her support behind leave campaigner Mr Gove, despite campaigning for a Remain vote herself.
In a tweet, she said she was “disappointed” not to be continuing her work in the education department, before congratulating her successor Justine Greening, saying she was “committed to excellence in education”.
Stephen Crabb
Remain campaigner
Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb has resigned from government “in the best interests of my family”. He was one of the four contenders who lost out to Theresa May for the Conservative leadership.
BBC political correspondent Vicki Young says it’s not yet known whether Mr Crabb was offered a post he did not want or had just decided to resign from the government, possibly following some newspaper stories about his private life at the weekend.
John Whittingdale
Leave campaigner
John Whittingdale has left his post as culture secretary.
The Leave campaigner was vice-chairman of the influential group of Tory MPs called the 1922 Committee until he took over the portfolio for culture, media and sport after the general election in 2015 from Sajid Javid.
In a tweet, he said it had been “a privilege” to serve as culture secretary, and wished his successor “every success”.
Theresa Villiers
Leave campaigner
Theresa Villiers steps down as Northern Ireland secretary, saying she declined an offer of another role from the new prime minister.
Former barrister Ms Villiers, MP for Chipping Barnet, had held the Northern Ireland portfolio since 2012. Prior to that, she was a Member of the European Parliament for six years.
In December 2005, Mr Cameron promoted her to shadow chief secretary to the Treasury. In 2007, she was made a shadow transport minister, a brief she continued to hold when the coalition came to power.
She was among prominent figures who campaigned for Brexit. She said Mrs May had been “kind enough to offer me a role” but added that it was “not one which I felt I could take on”.
Oliver Letwin
Remain campaigner
Oliver Letwin has been sacked from his role as Cabinet Office minister and chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
The long-time MP started his political career as a policy adviser to Margaret Thatcher’s government. After becoming elected an MP in 1997 he went on to serve in high profile shadow cabinet posts under then Tory-leader Michael Howard, including shadow home secretary and shadow chancellor.
A mainstay of the Cameron years, he served as minister for government policy under the coalition government, and continued as a cabinet member following the 2015 general election.
However, the 60-year-old may be better known by some for throwing parliamentary papers into a public bin in St James’s Park and apologising for comments he made about black people days after the 1985 Broadwater Farm riot in north London.
Mark Harper
Remain campaigner
Chief Whip Mark Harper leaves his post to make way for David Cameron’s former parliamentary private secretary Gavin Williamson.
In a tweet, the MP for the Forest of Dean, who held the chief whip post for one year, said: “I have decided to leave the Government & return to the backbenches. I’ll continue to loyally support HMG & @theresa_may as our new PM.”
Baroness Stowell
Baroness Stowell of Beeston moves aside as Leader of the House of Lords, and is succeeded by 40-year-old Baroness Evans.
In other appointments:
- Jeremy Wright remains in post as attorney general (will continue to attend Cabinet meetings)
- David Gauke is the new Chief Secretary to the Treasury (will also attend Cabinet meetings)
