Rishi Sunak has assembled a cabinet that Downing Street says “reflects a united party” after the PM promised to form a government of “all the talents”.
The reshuffle by the UK’s third leader this year has changed the gender and ethnicity balance of the cabinet – with some departing ministers having a very short tenure in key positions.
Here are some of the key numbers behind the cabinet reshuffle.
An older cabinet
The average age of cabinet ministers is 52, up from 49 under Liz Truss.
At 42, Rishi Sunak is one of the youngest members of his own cabinet – with only two other ministers the same age: Home Secretary Suella Braverman and International Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch.
Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan is the youngest at 38 years old.
Some 15 of the 21 full-time cabinet ministers are aged 50 or over.
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