The new Prime Minister will be under pressure to confirm his stances on key policy issues as he goes face-to-face with Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday
He also pledged to deliver on the Conservative 2019 election manifesto, but avoided revealing any details of his policy agenda following a short leadership campaign in which he made no public appearances.
There were promotions for key Sunak allies such as Dominic Raab, Mel Stride, Oliver Dowden and Steve Barclay.
Earlier, Ms Truss used her final appearance as Prime Minister to defend her pro-growth policies despite the failure of her premiership. Mr Hunt said last week that the plan – which will lay out a strategy to eliminate the deficit over the coming years – would be published on 31 October as he announced a number of measures to reverse the disastrous “mini-Budget” devised by Mr Kwarteng.
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