Osborne and Gove sacked, Patel gets cabinet­-level post

LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May has been in office for barely a day, but she has already lived up to her reputation as a tough, no-nonsense leader, sweeping big

LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May has been in office for barely a day, but she has already lived up to her reputation as a tough, no-nonsense leader, sweeping big names from the David Cameron cabinet and appointing senior Tory figures in key positions.

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Besides sacking chancellor George Osborne, May dropped four senior figures who held cabinet level positions: Michael Gove, John W hitting dale, Oliver Letwin and Nicky Morgan. Survivors from former PM Cameron’ s cabinet include Michael Fallon, Justine Greening and Liz Truss.

May reportedly delivered the message to those dropped in person, prompting observers to describe the exercise as “brutal, witha lot of blood on the carpet”.

Priti Patel, who was minister of state for employment in the Cameron government, was appointed to the cabinet-level post of international development secretary.

Pa tel ,44, was one of the leading lights of the Brexit camp, but later supported May during the five-cornered contest for the new Conservative leader and prime minister.