{"id":32,"date":"2022-10-25T13:28:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T13:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/2022\/10\/25\/jacob-rees-mogg-out-as-pm-sunak-begins-cabinet-reshuffle\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T13:28:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T13:28:56","slug":"jacob-rees-mogg-out-as-pm-sunak-begins-cabinet-reshuffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/jacob-rees-mogg-out-as-pm-sunak-begins-cabinet-reshuffle\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacob Rees-Mogg out as PM Sunak begins cabinet reshuffle"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jacob Rees-Mogg out as PM Sunak begins cabinet reshuffle<\/a><\/p>\n
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Jacob Rees-Mogg has quit as business secretary, as Rishi Sunak begins to assemble his new team of cabinet ministers.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Justice Secretary Brandon Lewis is also out, after Mr Sunak took over from Liz Truss as PM earlier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms Truss’s chief whip Wendy Morton has also confirmed she will be leaving government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Vicky Ford has also confirmed she will be leaving the Foreign Office, where she was development minister. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Rees-Mogg, who backed Ms Truss’s leadership, is also a close ally of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He acknowledged he was was unlikely to be kept on, as he was “far too close to Liz Truss” to work with Mr Sunak.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaking to BBC deputy political editor Vicki Young, he added that he would be “fully supportive” of the new prime minister.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He added that the Conservatives, who now have their third leader in seven weeks, would be “toast” unless they pulled together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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