BREAKING: James Cleverly has been appointed education secretary by Boris Johnson - the third in three days. Sky's BethRigby has the latest on the PM's new cabinet. 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
The PM started making the appointments less than an hour before he is set to announce his resignation at 12.30pm.
Greg Clarke was the first appointment on Thursday morning as he was made levelling up secretary, replacing Michael Gove who Mr Johnson fired the day before for telling him he had to go. Mr Clarke is the former business secretary under Theresa May and previously challenged Mr Johnson on Brexit. Kit Malthouse, deputy mayor for policing when Mr Johnson was Mayor of London, was then appointed chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.The role was previously Steve Barclay's, who was moved to health secretary after Sajid Javid kicked off the avalanche of resignations on Tuesday evening. Mr Gove held the role before him.
James Cleverly was appointed as education secretary after Nadhim Zahawi was moved to chancellor following Rishi Sunak's resignation.
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