Prime Minister Theresa May's new cabinet is in the process of being assembled as a series former ministers have been swiftly sent packing.
Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb has resigned from Government "in the best interests of my family".
Chris Grayling, Theresa May's leadership campaign chief, has been made the new transport secretary.
Former environment secretary Liz Truss has been made justice secretary and Lord Chancellor, while Justine Greening, former secretary for international development, has been promoted to education secretary.
It was believed that Jeremy Hunt had been sacked from his post but he is now confirmed to be staying on as health secretary.
Oliver Letwin, the former cabinet minister, has been sacked and Nicky Morgan tweeted to confirm that she will be leaving the posts of Education secretary and equalities minister.
She followed former justice secretary and prominent Vote Leave campaigner Michael Gove out the door this morning.
Theresa Villiers, the MP for Chipping Barnet and former Northern Ireland secretary, has said that she was offered a post in the new cabinet but has turned it down and will be resigning from her post.
She said: "The new Prime Minister was kind enough to offer me a role but it was not one which I felt I could take on."
Addressing the public from outside 10 Downing Street yesterday afternoon, Mrs May said: "The government I lead will be driven not by the interests of the privileged few but by yours.
"We will do everything we can to give you more control over your lives."
A flurry of appointments took place over the subsequent hours, with George Osborne sacked from his post as Chancellor to be replaced by Philip Hammond.
Amber Rudd will become Home Secretary, Liam Fox will take on the newly created post of international trade minister and Michael Fallon remains in his current role as defence secretary.
Vote Leave campaigner David Davis will be the new secretary of state for exiting the European Union.
The most unexpected appointment of lastnight was that of Boris Johnson, whose elevation to one of the four Great Offices of State shocked observers.
The prominent Vote Leave advocate, who read Classics at Oxford University's Balliol College in the 1980s, has rarely if ever been thought of as a diplomat in the past but last night said he was "very excited" to be returning to front-line politics.
He added: "I think Theresa made a wonderful speech this afternoon about her ambitions for the country and how she saw the Conservative government taking Britain forward.
"I completely agree with her sentiments and about opportunity, about giving people better life chances."
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn welcomed Mrs May's focus on helping the less well-off but repeated his party's calls for her to hold a general election.
He said: "Most important is for the new administration to abandon the destructive austerity policies which have damaged our economy and undermined living standards for most people."
The South Oxfordshire Conservative Association has welcomed the appointment of Theresa May as Prime Minister and extended its good wishes to Boris Johnson.
Chairwoman Judith Nimmo Smith said: "We are very proud that Theresa May, who went to school in our Parliamentary constituency in Wheatley, has now become Prime Minister. We know that with her considerable experience and expertise, she is ideally placed to lead the country through the challenging times ahead in negotiating our exit from the European Union whilst keeping our United Kingdom together.
"Theresa May’s father was a Church of England vicar in Wheatley, where she attended Holton Park Girls' Grammar School which later became Wheatley Park comprehensive.
"We also wish our former MP Boris Johnson well as he assumes his the challenging role of Foreign Secretary."
IN:
Philip Hammond: Chancellor
Boris Johnson: Foreign secretary
Amber Rudd: Home secretary
David Davis: Secretary for leaving the European Union
Michael Fallon: Defence secretary
Liam Fox: International trade secretary
Liz Truss: Justice secretary
Justine Greening: Education secretary
Jeremy Hunt: Health secretary
Chris Grayling: Transport secretary
OUT
Michael Gove: Justice secretary
Nicky Morgan: Education secretary
George Osborne: Chancellor
John Whittingdale: Culture
Oliver Letwin: Cabinet Office
Theresa Villiers: Northern Ireland secretary
Stephen Crabb: Work and pensions
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