Truss Meets New Cabinet After Rewarding Allies in Major Reshuffle

Truss Meets New Cabinet After Rewarding Allies in Major Reshuffle
Prime Minister Liz Truss hosts the first Cabinet meeting with her new Cabinet in Downing Street, London, on Sept. 7, 2022. Frank Augstein/PA Media
Alexander Zhang
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The UK’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss has held her first Cabinet meeting after a major government reshuffle, in which her close allies were rewarded with top Cabinet posts while supporters of her leadership rival Rishi Sunak were expelled.

Truss became the UK’s third female prime minister on Tuesday after an audience with Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.