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The new cabinet: the ones to watch and why

Liz Truss has appointed her new cabinet hours after taking over at 10 Downing Street. So, how are these appointments likely to impact future policy?

Liz Truss has appointed her new cabinet hours after taking over at 10 Downing Street. For the first time, none of the "great offices of state" is held by a white man, with Suella Braverman as Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor and James Cleverly as Foreign Secretary. Other key roles have gone to ThΓ©rΓ¨se Coffey - who becomes Health Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister. Jacob Rees-Mogg is the new Business Secretary.

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Political Correspondent, David Wallace Lockhart, answers 5 questions on the key members of the cabinet - and how their appointments may impact future policy.

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