Truss ministry

Truss ministry
Truss ministry
; Cabinet of the United Kingdom
September – October 2022
	Truss's cabinet in October 2022, on her last day in office
Date formed	6 September 2022
Date dissolved	25 October 2022
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II (until 8 September 2022); Charles III (from 8 September 2022);
Prime Minister	Liz Truss
Prime Minister's history	Premiership of Liz Truss
Deputy Prime Minister	Thérèse Coffey
Ministers removed	3 resigned
Member party	Conservative Party
Status in legislature	Majority 356 / 650 (55%)
Opposition cabinet	Starmer Shadow Cabinet
Opposition party	Labour Party
Opposition leader	Keir Starmer
History
Legislature term	2019–2024
Budget	September 2022 mini budget
Incoming formation	July–September 2022 Conservative leadership election
Outgoing formation	October 2022 Conservative leadership election
Predecessor	Second Johnson ministry
Successor	Sunak ministry

The Truss ministry began on 6 September 2022 when Liz Truss was invited by Queen Elizabeth II—two days before the monarch's death—to succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister of the United Kingdom. Johnson had resigned as leader of the Conservative Party the previous day after Truss was elected as his successor.^[1] The Truss ministry was formed from the 2019 Parliament of the United Kingdom, as a Conservative majority government.^[2]

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On 20 October 2022, amid growing disapproval of her leadership from within the Conservative Party, Truss announced her resignation, making her tenure the shortest in the history of the United Kingdom. She resigned as Conservative Party leader on 24 October and as prime minister on 25 October. The cabinet was dissolved following the appointment of Rishi Sunak as prime minister on 25 October.^[3]^[4]

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Portfolio	Minister	Term
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Union	Liz Truss	September 2022 – October 2022
Deputy Prime Minister Secretary of State for Health and Social Care	Thérèse Coffey	September 2022 – October 2022
Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury	Kwasi Kwarteng	September 2022 – October 2022
Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury	Jeremy Hunt	October 2022 – July 2024
Foreign Secretary	James Cleverly	September 2022 – November 2023
Home Secretary	Suella Braverman	September 2022 – October 2022
Home Secretary	Grant Shapps	October 2022
Secretary of State for Defence	Ben Wallace	July 2019 – August 2023
Secretary of State for Justice Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain	Brandon Lewis	September 2022 – October 2022
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Minister for Intergovernmental Relations Minister for Equalities	Nadhim Zahawi	September 2022 – October 2022
Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council	Penny Mordaunt	September 2022 – July 2024
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	Nicholas True, Baron True	September 2022 – July 2024
Minister without Portfolio Party Chairman^{[n 1]} (unpaid)	Sir Jake Berry	September 2022 – October 2022
President for COP26^{[n 2]}	Alok Sharma	January 2021 – November 2022
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Jacob Rees-Mogg	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities	Simon Clarke	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for International Trade	Kemi Badenoch	September 2022 – February 2023
President of the Board of Trade	Kemi Badenoch	September 2022 – July 2024
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	Chloe Smith	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for Education	Kit Malthouse	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Ranil Jayawardena	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for Transport	Anne-Marie Trevelyan	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	Michelle Donelan	September 2022 – February 2023
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	Chris Heaton-Harris	September 2022 – July 2024
Secretary of State for Scotland	Alister Jack	July 2019 – July 2024
Secretary of State for Wales	Sir Robert Buckland	July 2022 – October 2022
Also attending cabinet meetings
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Chief Whip of the House of Commons	Wendy Morton	September 2022 – October 2022
Chief Secretary to the Treasury	Chris Philp	September 2022 – October 2022
Chief Secretary to the Treasury	Edward Argar	October 2022
Attorney General for England and Wales Advocate General for Northern Ireland	Michael Ellis	September 2022 – October 2022
Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General	Edward Argar	September 2022 – October 2022
Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General	Chris Philp	October 2022
Minister of State for Development (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)	Vicky Ford	September 2022 – October 2022
Minister of State for Security (Home Office)	Tom Tugendhat	September 2022 – July 2024
Minister of State for the Armed Forces and Veterans (Ministry of Defence)	James Heappey	February 2020 – March 2024
Minister of State for Climate (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)	Graham Stuart	September 2022 – July 2024

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Cabinet ministers and ministers that attend cabinet are listed in bold

Cabinet Office
Post		Minister	Term
#006030;"}]]}">	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Union	Liz Truss	September 2022 – October 2022
#006030;"}]]}">	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Minister for Intergovernmental Relations	Nadhim Zahawi	September 2022 – October 2022
#006030;"}]]}">	Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General	Edward Argar	September – October 2022
#006030;"}]]}">	Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General	Chris Philp	October 2022
#006030;"}]]}">	Minister without Portfolio Party Chairman	Sir Jake Berry (unpaid)	September 2022 – October 2022
#006030;"}]]}">	President for COP26^{[n 2]}	Alok Sharma	February 2020 – November 2022
#A2070F;"}]]}">	Minister of State	Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Baroness Neville-Rolfe	September 2022 – July 2024
#A2070F;"}]]}">	Minister of State	Dominic Johnson, Baron Johnson of Lainston (unpaid, also Minister of State at International Trade)	October 2022
#006030;"}]]}">	Parliamentary Secretary	Brendan Clarke-Smith	September 2022 – October 2022
#006030;"}]]}">	Minister for Women	Katherine Fletcher (also Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Transport)	September 2022 – October 2022
#A2070F;"}]]}">	Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Equalities)	Deborah Stedman-Scott, Baroness Stedman-Scott (also Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Work and Pensions	September 2022 – October 2022

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
#006030;"}]]}">	Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Jacob Rees-Mogg	September 2022 – October 2022
#006030;"}]]}">	Minister of State for Climate	Graham Stuart	September 2022 – July 2024
#006030;"}]]}">	Minister of State for Industry	Jackie Doyle-Price	September 2022 – October 2022
#006030;"}]]}">	Minister of State for Science and Investment Security	Nus Ghani	September 2022 – July 2024
#006030;"}]]}">	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Enterprise and Markets	Dean Russell	September 2022 – October 2022
#A2070F;"}]]}">	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Corporate Responsibility	Martin Callanan, Baron Callanan	February 2020 – July 2024

Defence
#006030;"}]]}">	Secretary of State for Defence	Ben Wallace	July 2019 – August 2023
#006030;"}]]}">	Minister of State for the Armed Forces and Veterans	James Heappey	February 2020 – July 2024
#A2070F;"}]]}">	Minister of State for Defence	Annabel Goldie, Baroness Goldie (unpaid)	July 2019 – July 2024
#006030;"}]]}">	Minister of State for Defence Procurement	Alec Shelbrooke	September 2022 – October 2022
#006030;"}]]}">	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families	Sarah Atherton	September 2022 – October 2022

Truss ministry

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September 2022 – October 2022

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Departures from the Truss ministry

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Second Church Estates Commissioner

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References

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	Office	Date of resignation	Reason
Conor Burns	Minister of State for Trade Policy	7 October 2022	Dismissed from the government and whip suspended 'following a complaint of serious misconduct' while Burns attended 2022 Conservative Party Conference.^[9]
Kwasi Kwarteng	Chancellor of the Exchequer	14 October 2022	Dismissed from the government over the financial situation and the aftermath of the mini-budget.^[10]
Suella Braverman	Home Secretary	19 October 2022	Sent highly sensitive information to a fellow Conservative MP who was not authorised to see it, from her personal email address.^[11]