Liz Truss appointed Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor
It has just been announced that Liz Truss, MP for South West Norfolk and until today Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, has been appointed as the new Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor taking over from Michael Gove.
Gove, who challenged May for the leadership of the centre-right Conservative party, was criticised by some for appearing to scupper former London mayor and now Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson’s chances of taking the helm by launching his own bid.
Liz Truss becomes the first female Lord Chancellor in the thousand-year history of the role.
