Kit Malthouse has been appointed education secretary and Jacob Rees-Mogg has become business secretary in UK prime minister Liz Truss’ first Cabinet.
Mr Malthouse, formerly the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and before that a policing minister, is the fifth minister to head the Department for Education in the space of a year. He succeeds James Cleverly, now the foreign secretary, who was the third education secretary in three days when he took office during the collapse of Boris Johnson’s premiership two months ago. Former higher education minister Michelle Donelan held the post for less than 36 hours, succeeding Nadhim Zahawi, who had replaced Gavin Williamson in September 2021.
