Who’s in and who’s out?

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Who’s in? Therese Coffee

Therese Coffey will be appointed Liz Truss’s deputy prime minister as well as health secretary, The Telegraph understands, putting her at the center of power.

Ms Coffey, the current Work and Pensions Secretary, is little known to the wider public but is one of Ms Truss’s closest friends in politics.

She helped run the Truss campaign and has held previous government roles in the whips office and the Environment Department after becoming an MP in 2010.

The move is likely to be framed in part as showing how important health reforms will be for the Trusts government.

Bringing down NHS backlogs is one of her top policy priorities. It also means that it will be Ms Coffey who will likely face off against Angela Rayner, the Labor representative leader, at Prime Minister’s Questions when Ms Truss is away.

Alister Jack

Alister Jack will be reappointed as Scottish Secretary by Liz Truss, The Telegraph understands, meaning he will keep the brief he took up in 2019.

Mr Jack has been central to the UK Government’s attempts to counter the SNP’s push for a second independence referendum in 2023.

The news means disappointment for David Mundell, the former Scottish secretary who had been tipped for a return given his support for Ms Truss.

Mr Jack, who only became an MP in 2017, is close to Boris Johnson.

Jake Berry, the chairman of the Northern Research Group of Tory MPs, is to be appointed chairman of the Conservative Party.

Alister Jack, the Scottish Secretary, is set to remain in the post, while Alok Sharma expects to stay on in the Cabinet as President for COP26, as he will be in that role until November.

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