Truss ministry

Truss ministry
Cabinet of the United Kingdom
September – October 2022
Truss's cabinet in October 2022, on her last day in office
Date formed	6 September 2022
Date dissolved	25 October 2022
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II (until 8 September 2022) Charles III (from 8 September 2022)
Prime Minister	Liz Truss
Prime Minister's history	Premiership of Liz Truss
Deputy Prime Minister	Thérèse Coffey
Ministers removed	3 resigned
Member party	Conservative Party
Status in legislature	Majority 356 / 650 (55%)
Opposition cabinet	Starmer Shadow Cabinet
Opposition party	Labour Party
Opposition leader	Keir Starmer
History
Legislature term	2019–2024
Budget	September 2022 mini budget
Predecessor	Second Johnson ministry
Successor	Sunak ministry

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The Truss ministry began on 6 September 2022 when Liz Truss was invited by Queen Elizabeth II—two days before the monarch's death—to succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister of the United Kingdom. Johnson resigned as leader of the Conservative Party the previous day after Truss was elected as his successor.^[1] The Truss ministry was formed from the 2019 Parliament of the United Kingdom, as a Conservative majority government.^[2]

On 20 October 2022, amid growing disapproval of her leadership from within the Conservative Party, Truss announced her resignation, making her tenure the shortest in the history of the United Kingdom. She resigned as Conservative Party leader on 24 October and as prime minister on 25 October. The cabinet was dissolved following the appointment of Rishi Sunak as prime minister on 25 October.^[3][4]

Truss Cabinet

Portfolio	Portrait	Minister	Term
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Union		The Rt Hon Liz Truss MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Deputy Prime Minister Secretary of State for Health and Social Care		The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury		The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP	September 2022 – October 2022
		The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP	October 2022 – July 2024
Foreign Secretary		The Rt Hon James Cleverly TD VR MP	September 2022 – November 2023
Home Secretary		The Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP	September 2022 – October 2022
		The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP	October 2022
Secretary of State for Defence		The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP	July 2019 – August 2023
Secretary of State for Justice Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain		The Rt Hon Brandon Lewis CBE MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Minister for Intergovernmental Relations Minister for Equalities		The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council		The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP	September 2022 – July 2024
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal		The Rt Hon The Lord True CBE PC	September 2022 – July 2024
Minister without Portfolio Party Chairman[n 1] (unpaid)		The Rt Hon Sir Jake Berry MP	September 2022 – October 2022
President for COP26[n 2]		The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP	January 2021 – November 2022
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy		The Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities		The Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for International Trade		The Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP	September 2022 – February 2023
President of the Board of Trade			September 2022 – July 2024
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions		The Rt Hon Chloe Smith MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for Education		The Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs		The Rt Hon Ranil Jayawardena MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for Transport		The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport		The Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP	September 2022 – February 2023
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland		The Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris MP	September 2022 – July 2024
Secretary of State for Scotland		The Rt Hon Alister Jack DL MP	July 2019 – July 2024
Secretary of State for Wales		The Rt Hon Sir Robert Buckland KBE KC MP	July 2022 – October 2022
Also attending cabinet meetings
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Chief Whip of the House of Commons		The Rt Hon Wendy Morton MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Chief Secretary to the Treasury		The Rt Hon Chris Philp MP	September 2022 – October 2022
		The Rt Hon Edward Argar MP	October 2022
Attorney General for England and Wales Advocate General for Northern Ireland		The Rt Hon Michael Ellis KC MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General		The Rt Hon Edward Argar MP	September 2022 – October 2022
		The Rt Hon Chris Philp MP	October 2022
Minister of State for Development (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)		The Rt Hon Vicky Ford MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Minister of State for Security (Home Office)		The Rt Hon Tom Tugendhat MBE VR MP	September 2022 – July 2024
Minister of State for the Armed Forces and Veterans (Ministry of Defence)		The Rt Hon James Heappey MP	February 2020 – March 2024
Minister of State for Climate (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)		The Rt Hon Graham Stuart MP	September 2022 – July 2024

• Kwasi Kwarteng was dismissed on 14 October 2022 after market turmoil following the September mini-budget.^[5] He was replaced by former Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Chris Philp swapped jobs with Edward Argar on the same day.^[6]
• Suella Braverman resigned as Home Secretary on 19 October 2022.^[7] She was replaced by former Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.^[8]

There were resignations from the Truss ministry after forming a government on 6 September 2022. Truss faced the departure of two cabinet ministers and one junior minister. In addition, she dismissed ministers that served under the previous government.^{[n 3]}

Minister (Cabinet members shown in bold)		Office	Date of resignation	Reason
	Rt Hon Conor Burns MP	Minister of State for Trade Policy	7 October 2022	Dismissed from the government and whip suspended 'following a complaint of serious misconduct' while Burns attended 2022 Conservative Party Conference.[9]
	Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP	Chancellor of the Exchequer	14 October 2022	Dismissed from the government over the financial situation and the aftermath of the mini-budget.[10]
	Rt Hon Suella Braverman MP	Home Secretary	19 October 2022	Sent highly sensitive information to a fellow Conservative MP who was not authorised to see it, from her personal email address.[11]