Politics live - as it happened: Rishi Sunak becomes Prime Minister after meeting with King

Rishi Sunak has brought Dominic Raab and Suella Braverman back into the Cabinet as he starts his tenure as Prime Minister.

In his first speech as Prime Minister he said there are “difficult decisions to come”. The former Chancellor said that “mistakes were made” under the premiership of Liz Truss, and said he had been elected by MPs, in part, to “fix those”. Earlier today, Truss held held her final Cabinet meeting and gave a farewell speech in Downing Street before formally tendering her resignation to Charles at Buckingham Palace.

Sunak then began with his cabinet reshuffle. One of the major points was the comeback of Suella Braverman as Home Secretary, six days after she resigned for breaking the Ministerial Code in the role. Jeremy Hunt also remained as Chancellor, while Michael Gove returned as Levelling Up Secretary

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