New UK PM Rishi Sunak sacks Liz Truss' ministers; Dominic Raab deputy PM, Jeremy Hunt stays: reports

Hours after British-Indian politician Rishi Sunak formally took charge as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, reports emerged of several ministers being sacked.

Sunak reportedly sought the resignation of many members of his predecessor Liz Truss' Cabinet, on 25 October 2022. These included Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg, Justice Secretary Brandon Lewis, Work and Pensions Secretary Chloe Smith, Education secretary Kit Malthouse, secretary of state for Wales Robert Buckland, and Development minister Vicky Ford, according to reports.

Dominic Raab was named deputy Prime Minister and new Justice Secretary. Meanwhile, Jeremy Hunt is expected to continue as finance minister. Hunt had replaced Kwasi Kwarteng as the Chancellor of the Exchequer after a disastrous mini-Budget roiled the markets, and eventually led to Liz Truss' ouster.

Earlier in the day, Sunak addressed the nation and said that Truss' administration had made some "mistakes", and work to correct them would begin immediately.