Liz Truss cabinet has highest proportion of privately educated ministers since John Major

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1. Truss cabinet has highest proportion of public school ministers since Major

2. New Cabinet are the poshest since John Major, with 68 per cent educated in private schools

Liz Truss's new Tory cabinet has the highest proportion of privately-educated ministers since Sir John Major's top team in 1992, new analysis shows.

The educational charity The Sutton Trust found that 68% of the Prime Minister's most senior ministers attended fee-paying schools - compared with 64% in Boris Johnson's first cabinet.

It is more than double Theresa May's first cabinet in 2016 - 30% attended independents - and more than David Cameron's 2010 coalition cabinet, with 62% the alumni of private schools.