Theresa May unveiling new-look cabinet

Michael Gove has been sacked as justice secretary and replaced by Liz Truss as Theresa May forms her new government, in her first full day as UK PM.

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has also gone, replaced by ex-international development secretary Justine Greening.

Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has been sacked, while Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has stayed in his post.

On Wednesday Boris Johnson was made foreign secretary in a surprise move by Mrs May. Philip Hammond is chancellor.

Amber Rudd took over Mrs May’s former role as home secretary, Eurosceptic David Davis was made Brexit secretary and Liam Fox took up a new post of secretary of state for international trade. Michael Fallon was retained as defence secretary.

Meanwhile, Andrea Leadsom – who pulled out of the race for the Conservative leadership – has been made secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs.

Mr Gove – who was one of the leading figures in the campaign to leave the EU – stood for the Conservative leadership, but 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.

His replacement at the Ministry of Justice, Ms Truss, was previously secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs.

Meanwhile, new Education Secretary Ms Greening’s department is to also take on higher and further education, skills and apprenticeships. Ms Greening said she “absolutely delighted” at her appointment.

Earlier, the new chancellor, Mr Hammond, said there would be “no emergency Budget” when asked about his first priorities as chancellor.

His predecessor George Osborne warned during the EU referendum campaign that he would have to cut public spending and increase taxes in an emergency Budget if there was a vote for Brexit.

Mr Hammond said he would make “carefully considered decisions over the summer”, followed by an Autumn Statement “in the normal way”.

In a move that surprised the political world, Mrs May put Mr Johnson – one of the most prominent figures of the campaign to leave the EU – in charge of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Mr Johnson, who has said he is “very humbled” and “very proud” at the appointment, is no stranger to controversy – or gaffes – on the international stage.

During the EU referendum campaign, he drew criticism for comments he made about US President Barack Obama, who he said had an “ancestral dislike” of the UK because of his “part-Kenyan” heritage.

In 2015, Mr Johnson had to cancel planned public events in the West Bank because of security fears after he criticised backers of a boycott on Israeli goods, and he has previously described Hilary Clinton – US presidential hopeful – as having “a steely blue stare, like a sadistic nurse in a mental hospital”.

The cabinet appointment throws Mr Johnson a lifeline after a turbulent couple of weeks which saw his Tory leadership bid torpedoed by fellow Brexit campaigner Mr Gove.

By Laura Kuenssberg, BBC political editor

Whenever she happens to be near a microphone, Theresa May tends to say – absolutely truthfully it appears – that she just wants to “get on with the job”.

Well she certainly has done that, wasting no time in announcing the most senior jobs in her cabinet, the first appointment only an hour or so after she walked in.

No surprise on appointment one – Philip Hammond, the former foreign secretary, becomes the money man. He’s the embodiment of the phrase, “a safe pair of hands”, and takes on the biggest role as Mrs May’s supporter.

The biggest surprise is the appointment of Boris Johnson, the Tory members’ darling, as the foreign secretary – one of the greatest offices of state, with a hugely different role as the UK contemplates life outside the EU.

BBC