Boris Johnson appoints Cabinet of Brexiteers after brutal purge of Jeremy Hunt supporters

Boris Johnson has appointed his new Cabinet after becoming the UK's new prime minister.

He began the process by sacking a swathe of former supporters of his defeated rival Jeremy Hunt.

They were replaced by supporters of his campaign and prominent campaigners for Brexit.

Sajid Javid is the new Chancellor and Dominic Raab, the former Brexit Secretary, is Johnson's de facto deputy prime minister.

His Cabinet will meet for the first time on Thursday morning.

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Boris Johnson has appointed his new Cabinet after a purge from government of supporters of his defeated leadership rival Jeremy Hunt.

Shortly after being confirmed as the United Kingdom's new prime minister on Wednesday afternoon, Johnson sacked a swathe of prominent supporters of Hunt's unsuccessful bid to be Conservative party leader, in the most brutal reshuffle of modern times.

Those on the way out included the former International Trade Secretary Liam Fox and the former Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt, the former Education Secretart Damian Hinds and the Immigration minister Caroline Nokes.

Hunt himself announced on Twitter that he had refused a demotion from Foreign Secretary and would return to the backbenches.

In their place Johnson placed prominent supporters of his leadership bid, as well as many key figures in the campaign to leave the European Union.