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Live updates: Cameron allies culled in cabinet shake-up

  • Prime Minister Theresa May has unveiled her new government
  • George Osborne, Michael Gove, Nicky Morgan and John Whittingdale have been sacked
  • Liz Truss has been named justice secretary and Justine Greening becomes education secretary
  • While former Tory leadership hopeful Andrea Leadsom has been named environment secretary
  • Stephen Crabb and Theresa Villiers both resigned from the government
  • ITV News' Robert Peston said the reshuffle was a "massive political, cultural and social shift"
  • The world is continuing to react to Boris Johnson's appointment as foreign secretary
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Obama congratulates May in 15-minute phone call

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US president Barack Obama has made a 15-minute telephone call to Theresa May to congratulate her on becoming prime minister.

The tone of the call was "warm" and the two leaders discussed the importance of sustaining the special relationship between Britain and the US.

Mrs May told the president she hoped for "constructive and positive talks" with other EU leaders on the details of Brexit, according to the prime minister's spokeswoman.

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