David Cameron’s departure so sudden that his family won’t have time to return
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Theresa May arrives at Buckingham Palace with her husband
The moment Theresa May and her husband Philip arrived at Buckingham Palace to be invited to form a government and become the UK's new prime minister.
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It wasn't a long journey for Theresa May
Theresa May and her husband, Philip, were driven from the Houses of Parliament to Buckingham Palace to be invited by the Queen to form a new government as prime minister. It's not a long journey and with the roads cleared took only a few minutes. As London commuters know, it could have taken rather longer in normal rush hour traffic...
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Dafuq's with the high-viz safety. . . umm. . . skirt? Jacket? Whatever.
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Dafuq's with the high-viz safety. . . umm. . . skirt? Jacket? Whatever.
The dye's run out in the wash.
BREAKING NEWS: Theresa May is our new PM after seeing the Queen as we enter the post-David Cameron era
Theresa May has officially been installed as the new Prime Minister after seeing the Queen.
Mrs May was invited to form a government by the monarch at Buckingham Palace after David Cameron officially tendered his resignation.
She becomes Britain's second female premier, following in the footsteps of fellow Tory Margaret Thatcher.
Theresa May has been formally installed as the new PM after meeting the Queen at Buckingham Palace
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What, THAT's all it takes to be PM?
Ahhh, NOW I see! It's the ancient and traditional high-viz butt-cover. . . of your people!
Sadly, due to advancing age, Her Maj required assistance unscrewing David Cameron and tossing him in the bin before screwing in Ms. May
WAAAAAAIT just one damn minute! A Brit chick named MAY? Where have I heard THAT before?
We do such things quickly in this country, unlike most other countries. We don't have to wait for six months like you do.
May entering Downing Street
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The new prime minister's car is pulling into Downing Street - there are some well wishers but also protesters outside the PM's new home - but the car passes swiftly by them.
Theresa May addresses the nation
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Theresa May gets out of her car with her husband Philip beside her and walks the short distance to the podium to address the nation.
Theresa May: I will be One Nation prime minister
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Theresa May begins by saying that she has been asked to form a government by the Queen and has accepted. Mrs May pays tribute to David Cameron as a "modern prime minister" who has governed in the spirit of One Nation Conservatism - an approach that she intends to continue.
May: I will serve working people
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As PM, Theresa May says she will prioritise "not the mighty nor the wealthy nor the privileged" but working people and will do everything she can to help people to get on in life.
Queen appoints Theresa May PM after Camerons leave No 10 - BBC News
Or, just have a beer and ignore her.
Blackmold's wanking away, but she's really just another politician.
Blackmold's wanking away, but she's really just another politician.
Theresa May appoints Hammond as chancellor
New Prime Minister Theresa May has made Philip Hammond her chancellor as she begins to unveil her ministerial team.
Mr Hammond, who was foreign secretary in the last government, was the first senior Tory MP seen going into Downing Street after Mrs May took charge.
Ex-chancellor George Osborne has resigned from the government, Downing Street said.
Former London Mayor Boris Johnson, and ex-Energy Secretary Amber Rudd, have also been seen going into Number 10.
Theresa May appoints Hammond as chancellor - BBC News
New Prime Minister Theresa May has made Philip Hammond her chancellor as she begins to unveil her ministerial team.
Mr Hammond, who was foreign secretary in the last government, was the first senior Tory MP seen going into Downing Street after Mrs May took charge.
Ex-chancellor George Osborne has resigned from the government, Downing Street said.
Former London Mayor Boris Johnson, and ex-Energy Secretary Amber Rudd, have also been seen going into Number 10.
Theresa May appoints Hammond as chancellor - BBC News
Theresa May is currently constructing her new government - and she has given three prominent Leave campaigners the job of getting Britain out of the EU.
Former London Mayor Boris Johnson, the most prominent member of Vote Leave, has been given the job of Foreign Secretary - and this has shocked the Americans.
American-born Johnson made some negative comments about Obama after Obama's intervention in the referendum campaign in which he urged the British people to vote to stay in the EU. Johnson famously called Obama's arguments for staying in the EU "ridiculous and weird" and "hypocritical" and also said Obama's dislike for the British stems from his "part-Kenyan ancestry".
As a result, some in the Obama Administration have commented on their surprise att Johnson's appointment as Foreign Secretary.
Long-time Eurosceptic David Davis has been given the new role of Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. He was seen walking down Downing Street after exiting Number 10 yesterday, where he was told he was given the job, with a big grin on his face, clearly delighted with his new job.
And the position of Secretary of State for International Trade has been re-created after over 40 years. The British Government has not had such a position for over 40 years whilst Britain has been in the EU, with the EU making (albeit very slowly and cumbersomely) trade deals for Britain and all other Member States. Another Eurosceptic, the right-wing "neocon" Liam Fox, has been given the role of making trade deals with all the countries that are now lining up to trade with an independent Britain.
Even though she was long known to be a Eurosceptic, Theresa May was a Remain campaigner during the referendum, albeit very reluctantly. The fact that she has given three Leave campaigners the job of getting Britain out of the EU and negotiating trade deals will be a big relief to the millions of Leave supporters who were worried that another Remain campaigner has become PM.
Meanwhile, May has given Amber Rudd May's former job of Home Secretary. And espite reports this morning, Jeremy Hunt has not been sacked as Health Secretary.
Theresa May's cabinet: Who's in and who's out?
Theresa May is forming her new government after becoming Conservative prime minister.
She is continuing to announce her full cabinet - but here's what we know so far. The list will be updated as new appointments are made.
Prime Minister - Theresa May
Campaigned to Remain in the European Union
The former home secretary, 59, becomes the UK's second female prime minister in the wake of David Cameron's resignation after the EU referendum. She had previously served in the Home Office for more than six years.
Theresa May: Full profile
Those in the cabinet...
Chancellor of the Exchequer - Philip Hammond
Campaigned to Remain in the EU
Philip Hammond has been named chancellor of the exchequer. He was foreign secretary under David Cameron from 2014 to 2016, having previously served as defence and transport secretaries. He replaces George Osborne.
Mr Hammond, 60, is seen at Westminster as the ultimate safe pair of hands. Sometimes mocked as "box office Phil" for what some see as his dull delivery, he forged a reputation in the shadow Treasury team as the Tories' public spending "axeman".
He was seen as a Eurosceptic who spoke of withdrawal if the EU was not reformed, but campaigned to remain in the referendum. He now has the job of steering Britain's economy through the choppy post-Brexit waters.
Foreign Secretary - Boris Johnson
Campaigned to Leave the EU
Boris Johnson succeeds Mr Hammond at the Foreign Office. The former London mayor headed the campaign for the UK to leave the European Union. He did not previously have a ministerial appointment in Mr Cameron's government but accepted an invitation to attend political cabinet. He was not running any department.
Mr Johnson, 52, may be one of the best known politicians in the country but the move to foreign secretary is a big step up from his previous role.
Home Secretary - Amber Rudd
Remain campaigner
Amber Rudd has been made home secretary, filling the vacancy left by Mrs May. Ms Rudd was formerly energy and climate change secretary, a position she held for just one year.
During the campaign for Remain in the EU referendum, she warned in a TV debate that she would not trust the new Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to drive her home at the end of a night out.
The former investment banker, venture capitalist, and financial journalist, 52, decided to enter politics in her 40s in order to get "a grip on her life".
She quickly joined the fast track to the top after being elected to Parliament as MP for Hastings and Rye. She was seen as a protege of then Chancellor George Osborne, serving as his parliamentary private secretary before being promoted to junior minister at the Energy and Climate Change department in 2014.
Defence Secretary - Michael Fallon
Remain campaigner
Michael Fallon has kept his job at the Ministry of Defence - a position the 64-year-old has held since 2014.
He was Conservative MP for Darlington from 1983 to 1992 - initially during Margaret Thatcher's time in Downing Street - and after leaving Parliament, he was later re-elected as MP for Sevenoaks in 1997.
A former Conservative Party deputy chairman, he has previously served as energy and business minister, and before that secretary of state for business and enterprise.
Seen as a safe pair of hands in Westminster, he described himself as a "pretty reluctant Remainer" after the EU referendum.
Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union - David Davis
Leave campaigner
David Davis has been appointed to the new cabinet position of secretary of state for exiting the European Union - or "Brexit secretary". A veteran Eurosceptic, he has previously held the positions of Conservative party chairman and shadow deputy prime minister. Between 2003 and 2008, he was the shadow home secretary under both Michael Howard and David Cameron.
Mr Davis, 67, lost to David Cameron in the 2005 Tory leadership contest.
Details about the new Brexit department are still emerging, but it is likely to take the lead in negotiating Britain's departure from the EU and unpicking the thousands of pages of EU rules written into UK law.
Theresa May was reported to have ordered civil servants to find a building for the new department.
Justice Secretary - Liz Truss
Remain campaigner
Liz Truss moves from her role as secretary for environment, food and rural affairs to replace Michael Gove as justice secretary.
A qualified management accountant, she became MP for South West Norfolk in 2010 and was appointed education minister in 2012.
She was brought up in Yorkshire and attended Roundhay, a comprehensive school in Leeds, and went on to read philosophy, politics and economics at Merton College Oxford.
Socially liberal, she was a founder member of the free enterprise group of Conservative MPs arguing for more deregulation of the economy.
Education Secretary - Justine Greening
Remain campaigner
Justine Greening is the new education secretary, taking over from Nicky Morgan. She was also appointed minister for women and equalities.
Ms Greening leaves her international development secretary post, which she was promoted to in October 2011 at the age of 42.
MP for Putney since 2005, she became economic secretary to the Treasury after the 2010 election, succeeding Philip Hammond as transport secretary after he was promoted to defence secretary.
At London's Pride day on 25 June, two days after the Brexit vote, she announced in a tweet she was in a same-sex relationship, saying "I campaigned for Stronger In but sometimes you're better off out!".
Secretary of State for International Trade - Liam Fox
Leave campaigner
Liam Fox, 54, has taken on another newly created position as secretary of state for international trade.
He was made secretary of state for defence in 2010 but resigned in 2011 over allegations he had given a close friend, lobbyist Adam Werritty, access to the Ministry of Defence and allowed him to join official trips overseas.
Like Mr Davis he is a Eurosceptic who voted to leave the EU and he also stood unsuccessfully for the Conservative Party leadership in 2005.
He stood again in the latest race to be leader but was eliminated in the first ballot after winning the support of just 16 MPs.
Chief Whip - Gavin Williamson
Remain campaigner
The appointment to chief whip is a big step up for Gavin Williamson, according to BBC political correspondent Laura Kuenssberg.
David Cameron's former parliamentary private secretary, he has also served as parliamentary private secretary to transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin.
The 40-year-old from North Yorkshire was elected MP for South Staffordshire in 2010.
And those who are out...
George Osborne
Remain campaigner
George Osborne has been fired as chancellor.
He had been in the Treasury since 2010 - throughout David Cameron's tenure in Downing Street. He had also been first secretary of state since May 2015.
A key ally of Mr Cameron, Mr Osborne tweeted it had been a "privilege" to be chancellor, adding: "Others will judge - I hope I've left the economy in a better state than I found it."
Michael Gove
Leave campaigner
Michael Gove has been fired as justice secretary. The former Times journalist also served under David Cameron as education secretary in the coalition government, and as chief whip.
He successfully campaigned for Brexit alongside Boris Johnson - but later withdrew his support for his colleague to be Conservative leader and prime minister, instead standing himself. He was eliminated in the second round of voting.
Nicky Morgan
Remain campaigner
Nicky Morgan is to leave her post as education secretary.
The 43-year-old, who qualified as a lawyer, became an MP in 2010 and rose to the cabinet position of minister for women and equalities in 2013.
London-born Ms Morgan replaced Michael Gove as education secretary in 2014. She reportedly considered standing in the Conservative leadership contest, but ultimately threw her support behind leave campaigner Mr Gove, despite campaigning for a Remain vote herself.
John Whittingdale
Leave campaigner
John Whittingdale has left his post as culture secretary.
The Leave campaigner, who is vice-chairman of the influential group of Tory MPs called the 1922 Committee, took over the portfolio for culture, media and sport after the general election in 2015 from Sajid Javid.
In a tweet, he said it had been "a privilege" to serve as culture secretary, and wished his successor "every success".
Oliver Letwin
Remain campaigner
Oliver Letwin has left his role as chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
The long-time MP started his political career as a policy advisor to Margaret Thatcher's government. After becoming elected an MP in 1997 he went on to serve in high profile shadow cabinet posts under then Tory-leader Michael Howard, including as shadow home secretary and shadow chancellor.
A mainstay of the Cameron years, he served as minister for government policy under the coalition government, and continued as a cabinet member following the 2015 general election.
Theresa May's cabinet: Who's in and who's out? - BBC News
Theresa May has proved she is serious about Brexit. Here's what she must do to deliver
Allister Heath
13 July 2016
The Telegraph
Mrs May's job is immense, both at home and abroad. She deserves the support of her party Credit: Toby Melville/Reuters
Brexit is an idea, an intellectual vision for Britain, a 10- or 20-year journey to reshape our economy and society, reinvigorate our democracy and reinvent ourselves as truly global, high-wage, high value-added trading superhub. It matters little who begins to deliver this, as long as our withdrawal from the EU is executed in the best possible way: the referendum was about changing our destiny, not about making any specific pro‑Brexit individual our next prime minister
We were voting for an idea, not a gang; this was a referendum, not an election. Ideas both predate and outlive individuals, and Euroscepticism is no different: the mark of true ideological victory is when erstwhile opponents implement a policy that they used to oppose and hire their former enemies to assist them in the task. Capitalism triumphs when ex-socialists privatise industries, deregulate and cut taxes; Euroscepticism truly wins when an ex‑Remainer takes us out of the EU.
Brexit means Brexit, and we are going to make a success of it.
Theresa May
This is why all Brexiteers should welcome Theresa May as our new Prime Minister. She has pledged that Brexit means Brexit, as has Philip Hammond, our new Chancellor, and said that there will be no going back. She should be taken at her word. The fact that she has appointed Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary, in an inspired move, confirms that this is now a certainty. The same is true for the vital jobs given to David Davis and Liam Fox, two veteran Outers. Appointing Boris was an excellent idea: he believes in Brexit but is pro-European; he wants additional controls on migration but is pro-immigrant. His appointment will help cement Brexit as a liberal, pro-globalisation project.
It also doesn’t matter that our new Prime Minister is not especially ideological; in fact, in the present circumstances this may well help her. A radical, disruptive, previously unthinkable belief structure – to quit the EU – has been chosen for her and imposed upon her. It’s an immense, awe-inspiring task; what we now need is managerial ability. Lady Thatcher had to find her mission; May has been handed hers.
Her honeymoon won’t last long. It is vital, therefore, that she has a firm 100‑day plan, and sticks to it. She has started superbly, delivering a powerful, uplifting speech targeted at that category of hard-working, aspirational, lowish-income working people who are “just managing”. She is framing her non-Brexit vision as “unionist”, as in the Conservative and Unionist party; to her, it means that we are all united as citizens and that our economy must work for everybody.
These principles – opportunity for all, a colour-blind society, meritocracy, no discrimination, improving state schools – are profoundly Tory. They have little to do with “modernisation” or “centrism”; they are at the heart of what all successful Tories have always believed in. The devil, of course, is in their implementation: it can be through harnessing conservative and free-market principles, or via Left-wing means. We should hope and expect that it will be the former.
We now have a better understanding of May’s social agenda. She must outline, quickly, what she means by Brexit. Does she want full control over immigration? Does she want to remain in the single market, or does she simply want to have access? Is a Norway-style arrangement, with restrictions on migration, her starting point, or is it something more radical? She cannot give away her negotiating tactics but the electorate deserves clarity and business craves it. We will need to know, by the end of her first 100 days, when she intends to invoke Article 50, or when and how she intends to repeal our membership of the EU. The date must not be allowed to slip.
She must also add to her remarks last night by telling us more about her vision for the economy. This must come from her, not her new Chancellor. Her leitmotif needs to be about empowering the poor by unleashing enterprise, not hobbling the rich; this will require more housebuilding, the re‑creation of an ownership society, far better schooling and adult education, led hopefully by private sector involvement, and a deregulatory and supply-side revolution to encourage investment and the creation of even more small businesses.
If you’re black you are treated more harshly by the criminal justice system than if you’re white. If you’re a white working-class boy you’re less likely than anybody else in Britain to go to university.
Theresa May
The next steps will all have to happen in parallel. First, she and her Chancellor will have to work on an emergency Budget, to be held no later than August. She needs either to abolish existing fiscal rules, or find better targets, such as public spending or tax as a share of national income. She needs to show that she won’t allow the national debt to spiral out of control, but that she’s comfortable temporarily relaxing fiscal policy. There must be short-term, substantial tax cuts to boost growth, business investment and housing transactions. She could choose this moment to shake up the Bank of England’s mission – from targeting consumer price index inflation to aiming for a steady growth rate in nominal GDP. She should launch a far‑reaching and speedy inquiry into the tax system, with the aim of drastically simplifying it.
An Airports Bill should also be pushed through, backing either Heathrow or Gatwick: this would send the strongest possible sign that Britain remains open for business. We need a new housing Act to promote housebuilding; if she wants to take on vested interests, she should defy Nimbies.
At the same time, she will have to turbocharge her Brexit department. She needs to move hundreds of civil servants into it, and order the mandarins to make this their number one priority; trade negotiators must be recruited. The new Trade Secretary, Liam Fox, needs to launch a world trade tour to begin striking free-trade agreements and build confidence in the future. It would be a wonderful symbol were we to flesh out our first draft trade deal during her first 100 days, even if only with a small economy.
There is no time for a holiday. May must meet Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, before the end of August, and start building a close rapport with her. She must meet or speak to all other possible allies within the EU to create a pro free-trade coalition. She needs to spend a huge amount of her own time on all Brexit-related matters.
The new Prime Minister has started well. Her job is immense, both at home and abroad. She deserves the support of her party.
Theresa May has proved she is serious about Brexit. Here's what she must do to deliver
These last few days have shown how brutal British politics can be.
Just take a look at Cameron's youngest daughter Florence. Until yesterday she had lived in Downing Street her whole life.
But then, with little notice, she and her family were forced out of their Downing Street home.
Read more: ROBERT HARDMAN: A group hug on the doorstep... and then they were gone | Daily Mail Online
A group hug on the doorstep... and then they were gone: ROBERT HARDMAN watches as Camerons' poppet in pigtails steals the show when former PM and his family left No 10 for the last time
David Cameron gave goodbye speech in Downing Street flanked by family before heading to see the Queen
Also paid tribute to wife Samantha and their children, who were watching his last appearance from public gallery
Earlier took his final PMQs in the House of Commons before handing over to former Home Secretary Theresa May
By Robert Hardman for the Daily Mail
14 July 2016
For more than six years, they have been the unseen life and soul of this place.
While political fortunes soared and crashed behind these walls, while conflict was planned or a world leader schmoozed, they have been the ones who kept this house anchored in the real world – a world of bruised knees, spilled milk, homework, Peppa Pig and the thwack of a ball in the Rose Garden.
So yesterday, it was the Cameron family who took a richly-deserved – and, at times, emotional – bow.
The first Conservative administration of the 21st century, along with the most turbulent 20 days in post-war British politics, drew to a close with the poignant image of a handsome, close-knit family walking hand in hand out of Downing Street, back to normality.
And the star of the show was a little girl who wasn’t even born when Dad was holding his first Cabinet meeting here.
ROBERT HARDMAN: For more than six years, they have been the unseen life and soul of this place. So yesterday, it was the Cameron family who took a richly-deserved – and, at times, emotional – bow
And the star of the show was a little girl who wasn’t even born when Dad was holding his first Cabinet meeting here
May has made Andrea Leadsom - who was the only remaining person standing against May in the Tory leadership contest until Leadsom stepped down in Monday to make May PM - the new Environment Secretary.
Former London Mayor Boris Johnson, the most prominent member of Vote Leave, has been given the job of Foreign Secretary - and this has shocked the Americans.
American-born Johnson made some negative comments about Obama after Obama's intervention in the referendum campaign in which he urged the British people to vote to stay in the EU. Johnson famously called Obama's arguments for staying in the EU "ridiculous and weird" and "hypocritical" and also said Obama's dislike for the British stems from his "part-Kenyan ancestry".
As a result, some in the Obama Administration have commented on their surprise att Johnson's appointment as Foreign Secretary.
Long-time Eurosceptic David Davis has been given the new role of Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. He was seen walking down Downing Street after exiting Number 10 yesterday, where he was told he was given the job, with a big grin on his face, clearly delighted with his new job.
And the position of Secretary of State for International Trade has been re-created after over 40 years. The British Government has not had such a position for over 40 years whilst Britain has been in the EU, with the EU making (albeit very slowly and cumbersomely) trade deals for Britain and all other Member States. Another Eurosceptic, the right-wing "neocon" Liam Fox, has been given the role of making trade deals with all the countries that are now lining up to trade with an independent Britain.
Even though she was long known to be a Eurosceptic, Theresa May was a Remain campaigner during the referendum, albeit very reluctantly. The fact that she has given three Leave campaigners the job of getting Britain out of the EU and negotiating trade deals will be a big relief to the millions of Leave supporters who were worried that another Remain campaigner has become PM.
Meanwhile, May has given Amber Rudd May's former job of Home Secretary. And espite reports this morning, Jeremy Hunt has not been sacked as Health Secretary.
Theresa May's cabinet: Who's in and who's out?
Theresa May is forming her new government after becoming Conservative prime minister.
She is continuing to announce her full cabinet - but here's what we know so far. The list will be updated as new appointments are made.
Prime Minister - Theresa May
Campaigned to Remain in the European Union
The former home secretary, 59, becomes the UK's second female prime minister in the wake of David Cameron's resignation after the EU referendum. She had previously served in the Home Office for more than six years.
Theresa May: Full profile
Those in the cabinet...
Chancellor of the Exchequer - Philip Hammond
Campaigned to Remain in the EU
Philip Hammond has been named chancellor of the exchequer. He was foreign secretary under David Cameron from 2014 to 2016, having previously served as defence and transport secretaries. He replaces George Osborne.
Mr Hammond, 60, is seen at Westminster as the ultimate safe pair of hands. Sometimes mocked as "box office Phil" for what some see as his dull delivery, he forged a reputation in the shadow Treasury team as the Tories' public spending "axeman".
He was seen as a Eurosceptic who spoke of withdrawal if the EU was not reformed, but campaigned to remain in the referendum. He now has the job of steering Britain's economy through the choppy post-Brexit waters.
Foreign Secretary - Boris Johnson
Campaigned to Leave the EU
Boris Johnson succeeds Mr Hammond at the Foreign Office. The former London mayor headed the campaign for the UK to leave the European Union. He did not previously have a ministerial appointment in Mr Cameron's government but accepted an invitation to attend political cabinet. He was not running any department.
Mr Johnson, 52, may be one of the best known politicians in the country but the move to foreign secretary is a big step up from his previous role.
Home Secretary - Amber Rudd
Remain campaigner
Amber Rudd has been made home secretary, filling the vacancy left by Mrs May. Ms Rudd was formerly energy and climate change secretary, a position she held for just one year.
During the campaign for Remain in the EU referendum, she warned in a TV debate that she would not trust the new Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to drive her home at the end of a night out.
The former investment banker, venture capitalist, and financial journalist, 52, decided to enter politics in her 40s in order to get "a grip on her life".
She quickly joined the fast track to the top after being elected to Parliament as MP for Hastings and Rye. She was seen as a protege of then Chancellor George Osborne, serving as his parliamentary private secretary before being promoted to junior minister at the Energy and Climate Change department in 2014.
Defence Secretary - Michael Fallon
Remain campaigner
Michael Fallon has kept his job at the Ministry of Defence - a position the 64-year-old has held since 2014.
He was Conservative MP for Darlington from 1983 to 1992 - initially during Margaret Thatcher's time in Downing Street - and after leaving Parliament, he was later re-elected as MP for Sevenoaks in 1997.
A former Conservative Party deputy chairman, he has previously served as energy and business minister, and before that secretary of state for business and enterprise.
Seen as a safe pair of hands in Westminster, he described himself as a "pretty reluctant Remainer" after the EU referendum.
Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union - David Davis
Leave campaigner
David Davis has been appointed to the new cabinet position of secretary of state for exiting the European Union - or "Brexit secretary". A veteran Eurosceptic, he has previously held the positions of Conservative party chairman and shadow deputy prime minister. Between 2003 and 2008, he was the shadow home secretary under both Michael Howard and David Cameron.
Mr Davis, 67, lost to David Cameron in the 2005 Tory leadership contest.
Details about the new Brexit department are still emerging, but it is likely to take the lead in negotiating Britain's departure from the EU and unpicking the thousands of pages of EU rules written into UK law.
Theresa May was reported to have ordered civil servants to find a building for the new department.
Justice Secretary - Liz Truss
Remain campaigner
Liz Truss moves from her role as secretary for environment, food and rural affairs to replace Michael Gove as justice secretary.
A qualified management accountant, she became MP for South West Norfolk in 2010 and was appointed education minister in 2012.
She was brought up in Yorkshire and attended Roundhay, a comprehensive school in Leeds, and went on to read philosophy, politics and economics at Merton College Oxford.
Socially liberal, she was a founder member of the free enterprise group of Conservative MPs arguing for more deregulation of the economy.
Education Secretary - Justine Greening
Remain campaigner
Justine Greening is the new education secretary, taking over from Nicky Morgan. She was also appointed minister for women and equalities.
Ms Greening leaves her international development secretary post, which she was promoted to in October 2011 at the age of 42.
MP for Putney since 2005, she became economic secretary to the Treasury after the 2010 election, succeeding Philip Hammond as transport secretary after he was promoted to defence secretary.
At London's Pride day on 25 June, two days after the Brexit vote, she announced in a tweet she was in a same-sex relationship, saying "I campaigned for Stronger In but sometimes you're better off out!".
Secretary of State for International Trade - Liam Fox
Leave campaigner
Liam Fox, 54, has taken on another newly created position as secretary of state for international trade.
He was made secretary of state for defence in 2010 but resigned in 2011 over allegations he had given a close friend, lobbyist Adam Werritty, access to the Ministry of Defence and allowed him to join official trips overseas.
Like Mr Davis he is a Eurosceptic who voted to leave the EU and he also stood unsuccessfully for the Conservative Party leadership in 2005.
He stood again in the latest race to be leader but was eliminated in the first ballot after winning the support of just 16 MPs.
Chief Whip - Gavin Williamson
Remain campaigner
The appointment to chief whip is a big step up for Gavin Williamson, according to BBC political correspondent Laura Kuenssberg.
David Cameron's former parliamentary private secretary, he has also served as parliamentary private secretary to transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin.
The 40-year-old from North Yorkshire was elected MP for South Staffordshire in 2010.
And those who are out...
George Osborne
Remain campaigner
George Osborne has been fired as chancellor.
He had been in the Treasury since 2010 - throughout David Cameron's tenure in Downing Street. He had also been first secretary of state since May 2015.
A key ally of Mr Cameron, Mr Osborne tweeted it had been a "privilege" to be chancellor, adding: "Others will judge - I hope I've left the economy in a better state than I found it."
Michael Gove
Leave campaigner
Michael Gove has been fired as justice secretary. The former Times journalist also served under David Cameron as education secretary in the coalition government, and as chief whip.
He successfully campaigned for Brexit alongside Boris Johnson - but later withdrew his support for his colleague to be Conservative leader and prime minister, instead standing himself. He was eliminated in the second round of voting.
Nicky Morgan
Remain campaigner
Nicky Morgan is to leave her post as education secretary.
The 43-year-old, who qualified as a lawyer, became an MP in 2010 and rose to the cabinet position of minister for women and equalities in 2013.
London-born Ms Morgan replaced Michael Gove as education secretary in 2014. She reportedly considered standing in the Conservative leadership contest, but ultimately threw her support behind leave campaigner Mr Gove, despite campaigning for a Remain vote herself.
John Whittingdale
Leave campaigner
John Whittingdale has left his post as culture secretary.
The Leave campaigner, who is vice-chairman of the influential group of Tory MPs called the 1922 Committee, took over the portfolio for culture, media and sport after the general election in 2015 from Sajid Javid.
In a tweet, he said it had been "a privilege" to serve as culture secretary, and wished his successor "every success".
Oliver Letwin
Remain campaigner
Oliver Letwin has left his role as chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
The long-time MP started his political career as a policy advisor to Margaret Thatcher's government. After becoming elected an MP in 1997 he went on to serve in high profile shadow cabinet posts under then Tory-leader Michael Howard, including as shadow home secretary and shadow chancellor.
A mainstay of the Cameron years, he served as minister for government policy under the coalition government, and continued as a cabinet member following the 2015 general election.
Theresa May's cabinet: Who's in and who's out? - BBC News
Theresa May has proved she is serious about Brexit. Here's what she must do to deliver
Allister Heath
13 July 2016
The Telegraph
Mrs May's job is immense, both at home and abroad. She deserves the support of her party Credit: Toby Melville/Reuters
Brexit is an idea, an intellectual vision for Britain, a 10- or 20-year journey to reshape our economy and society, reinvigorate our democracy and reinvent ourselves as truly global, high-wage, high value-added trading superhub. It matters little who begins to deliver this, as long as our withdrawal from the EU is executed in the best possible way: the referendum was about changing our destiny, not about making any specific pro‑Brexit individual our next prime minister
We were voting for an idea, not a gang; this was a referendum, not an election. Ideas both predate and outlive individuals, and Euroscepticism is no different: the mark of true ideological victory is when erstwhile opponents implement a policy that they used to oppose and hire their former enemies to assist them in the task. Capitalism triumphs when ex-socialists privatise industries, deregulate and cut taxes; Euroscepticism truly wins when an ex‑Remainer takes us out of the EU.
Brexit means Brexit, and we are going to make a success of it.
Theresa May
This is why all Brexiteers should welcome Theresa May as our new Prime Minister. She has pledged that Brexit means Brexit, as has Philip Hammond, our new Chancellor, and said that there will be no going back. She should be taken at her word. The fact that she has appointed Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary, in an inspired move, confirms that this is now a certainty. The same is true for the vital jobs given to David Davis and Liam Fox, two veteran Outers. Appointing Boris was an excellent idea: he believes in Brexit but is pro-European; he wants additional controls on migration but is pro-immigrant. His appointment will help cement Brexit as a liberal, pro-globalisation project.
It also doesn’t matter that our new Prime Minister is not especially ideological; in fact, in the present circumstances this may well help her. A radical, disruptive, previously unthinkable belief structure – to quit the EU – has been chosen for her and imposed upon her. It’s an immense, awe-inspiring task; what we now need is managerial ability. Lady Thatcher had to find her mission; May has been handed hers.
Her honeymoon won’t last long. It is vital, therefore, that she has a firm 100‑day plan, and sticks to it. She has started superbly, delivering a powerful, uplifting speech targeted at that category of hard-working, aspirational, lowish-income working people who are “just managing”. She is framing her non-Brexit vision as “unionist”, as in the Conservative and Unionist party; to her, it means that we are all united as citizens and that our economy must work for everybody.
These principles – opportunity for all, a colour-blind society, meritocracy, no discrimination, improving state schools – are profoundly Tory. They have little to do with “modernisation” or “centrism”; they are at the heart of what all successful Tories have always believed in. The devil, of course, is in their implementation: it can be through harnessing conservative and free-market principles, or via Left-wing means. We should hope and expect that it will be the former.
We now have a better understanding of May’s social agenda. She must outline, quickly, what she means by Brexit. Does she want full control over immigration? Does she want to remain in the single market, or does she simply want to have access? Is a Norway-style arrangement, with restrictions on migration, her starting point, or is it something more radical? She cannot give away her negotiating tactics but the electorate deserves clarity and business craves it. We will need to know, by the end of her first 100 days, when she intends to invoke Article 50, or when and how she intends to repeal our membership of the EU. The date must not be allowed to slip.
She must also add to her remarks last night by telling us more about her vision for the economy. This must come from her, not her new Chancellor. Her leitmotif needs to be about empowering the poor by unleashing enterprise, not hobbling the rich; this will require more housebuilding, the re‑creation of an ownership society, far better schooling and adult education, led hopefully by private sector involvement, and a deregulatory and supply-side revolution to encourage investment and the creation of even more small businesses.
If you’re black you are treated more harshly by the criminal justice system than if you’re white. If you’re a white working-class boy you’re less likely than anybody else in Britain to go to university.
Theresa May
The next steps will all have to happen in parallel. First, she and her Chancellor will have to work on an emergency Budget, to be held no later than August. She needs either to abolish existing fiscal rules, or find better targets, such as public spending or tax as a share of national income. She needs to show that she won’t allow the national debt to spiral out of control, but that she’s comfortable temporarily relaxing fiscal policy. There must be short-term, substantial tax cuts to boost growth, business investment and housing transactions. She could choose this moment to shake up the Bank of England’s mission – from targeting consumer price index inflation to aiming for a steady growth rate in nominal GDP. She should launch a far‑reaching and speedy inquiry into the tax system, with the aim of drastically simplifying it.
An Airports Bill should also be pushed through, backing either Heathrow or Gatwick: this would send the strongest possible sign that Britain remains open for business. We need a new housing Act to promote housebuilding; if she wants to take on vested interests, she should defy Nimbies.
At the same time, she will have to turbocharge her Brexit department. She needs to move hundreds of civil servants into it, and order the mandarins to make this their number one priority; trade negotiators must be recruited. The new Trade Secretary, Liam Fox, needs to launch a world trade tour to begin striking free-trade agreements and build confidence in the future. It would be a wonderful symbol were we to flesh out our first draft trade deal during her first 100 days, even if only with a small economy.
There is no time for a holiday. May must meet Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, before the end of August, and start building a close rapport with her. She must meet or speak to all other possible allies within the EU to create a pro free-trade coalition. She needs to spend a huge amount of her own time on all Brexit-related matters.
The new Prime Minister has started well. Her job is immense, both at home and abroad. She deserves the support of her party.
Theresa May has proved she is serious about Brexit. Here's what she must do to deliver
These last few days have shown how brutal British politics can be.
Just take a look at Cameron's youngest daughter Florence. Until yesterday she had lived in Downing Street her whole life.
But then, with little notice, she and her family were forced out of their Downing Street home.
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A group hug on the doorstep... and then they were gone: ROBERT HARDMAN watches as Camerons' poppet in pigtails steals the show when former PM and his family left No 10 for the last time
David Cameron gave goodbye speech in Downing Street flanked by family before heading to see the Queen
Also paid tribute to wife Samantha and their children, who were watching his last appearance from public gallery
Earlier took his final PMQs in the House of Commons before handing over to former Home Secretary Theresa May
By Robert Hardman for the Daily Mail
14 July 2016
For more than six years, they have been the unseen life and soul of this place.
While political fortunes soared and crashed behind these walls, while conflict was planned or a world leader schmoozed, they have been the ones who kept this house anchored in the real world – a world of bruised knees, spilled milk, homework, Peppa Pig and the thwack of a ball in the Rose Garden.
So yesterday, it was the Cameron family who took a richly-deserved – and, at times, emotional – bow.
The first Conservative administration of the 21st century, along with the most turbulent 20 days in post-war British politics, drew to a close with the poignant image of a handsome, close-knit family walking hand in hand out of Downing Street, back to normality.
And the star of the show was a little girl who wasn’t even born when Dad was holding his first Cabinet meeting here.
ROBERT HARDMAN: For more than six years, they have been the unseen life and soul of this place. So yesterday, it was the Cameron family who took a richly-deserved – and, at times, emotional – bow
And the star of the show was a little girl who wasn’t even born when Dad was holding his first Cabinet meeting here
May has made Andrea Leadsom - who was the only remaining person standing against May in the Tory leadership contest until Leadsom stepped down in Monday to make May PM - the new Environment Secretary.
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