Liz Truss puts finishing touches to diverse new Government: No place for white men in great offices of state as PM-in-waiting rewards allies and axes Rishi Sunak and his supporters – and plots No10 adviser cull
- Liz Truss has been preparing to appoint a new cabinet in the event she is elected
- None of the great offices of state are set to be held by a white man in her plan
- It will be the first time in history for chancellor, foreign and home secretary roles
Liz Truss will become prime minister tomorrow and is expected to appoint a Cabinet featuring no white men in the great offices of state for the first time.
Ms Truss is expected to make long-term ally Kwasi Kwarteng chancellor, with Suella Braverman moving to the Home Office and James Cleverly to the Foreign Office.
If selected, Mr Kwarteng would be the fourth non-white chancellor in a row, directly following Sajid Javid, Rishi Sunak and Nadhim Zahawi.
And Ms Braverman would become the third minority home secretary, after Priti Patel and Mr Javid.
Mr Cleverly, currently the Education Secretary, would become the first ever non-white foreign Secretary.
But equally as interesting as who will be in the new Government is who will not be in it.
There is expected to be a clear out of Rishi Sunak and his supporters after a bitter blue-on-blue campaign in which he seems almost certain to be defeated.