LIVE: Who has prime minister Boris Johnson appointed to his Cabinet?

Boris Johnson has appointed his new Cabinet after a purge from government of supporters of his defeated leadership rival Jeremy Hunt.

Shortly after being confirmed as the United Kingdom’s new prime minister on Wednesday afternoon, Johnson sacked a swathe of prominent supporters of Hunt’s unsuccessful bid to be Conservative party leader, in the most brutal reshuffle of modern times.

Those on the way out included the former International Trade Secretary Liam Fox and the former Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt, the former Education Secretart Damian Hinds and the Immigration minister Caroline Nokes.

Hunt himself announced on Twitter that he had refused a demotion from Foreign Secretary and would return to the backbenches.

In their place Johnson placed prominent supporters of his leadership bid, as well as many key figures in the campaign to leave the European Union.

Scroll down for the full list of members of Johnson’s new government.