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Live updates: Theresa May appoints new cabinet members in reshuffle

  • The Prime Minister is appointing new cabinet members in a reshuffle of her cabinet following an election that saw the Conservatives lose their majority.
  • On Friday Mrs May reappointed most of her senior cabinet team
  • It comes as the Conservative party continue talks to strike a "confidence and supply" agreement with the DUP after Tories lost their majority in the General Election
  • Former Housing Minister Gavin Barwell is appointed Downing Street's new chief of staff after Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill quit
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'Only Boris Johnson or David Davis can be next Tory leader'

ITV News Political Editor Robert Peston believes only Boris Johnson or David Davis are "credible candidates" to replace Theresa May as Conservative party leader.

He said: "I don't think it's an absolute certainty that [Theresa May's] going, though I think it is pretty likely.

"The reason I rule out Amber Rudd - who many people have been speculating as a possible future leader - is that if she wins her seat, she would have the narrowest of margins of victory.

"You simply can't appoint - as leader of your party - somebody who you can't be confident would keep their seat in a subsequent General Election in just a few months".

* Amber Rudd later held her seat by 346 votes.

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