But allies say they have been very surprised not to see her linked to senior posts. The Deputy Prime Minister has the job of facing Angela Rayner in the Commons, including at PMQs if the Prime Minister is absent. Ms Truss is expected to hand over ministerial roles to other former leadership rivals. Nadhim Zahawi, who is currently at the Treasury, will take over the cabinet office as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat will become education secretary and security minister respectively in the cabinet. However, on Monday night there were question marks over posts including Northern Ireland Secretary and Transport Secretary.
“Boldly ignoring the opposition’s supporters”
In her victory speech, Ms Truss pledged to unite the party and said: “I will make sure we use all the fantastic talent in the Conservative Party. Because, my friends, I know we will deliver, deliver, deliver.” But MPs who backed Mr Sunak, who is not expected to have a role in the new cabinet, are already expressing concern that she appears to be giving all the top posts to her own loyalists. “It’s very nice of Liz to stand up there and say I want to use talent from across the party,” said a minister who backed the former chancellor’s campaign. “Right now she seems to think that talent only comes from those who have supported her. “She is very weak in her parliamentary support and to so brazenly ignore her opponent’s supporters, she already has enough problems.”
