Boris Johnson appoints new ministers

Boris Johnson is appointing more and more ministers in his new government on his first full day as British Prime Minister.

Malthouse Kit became Minister of Police, which made him responsible for Johnson's promise to recruit 20,000 more officers.

Nigel Adams has been confirmed as Minister of Culture and Lucy Frazer has joined the Department of Justice.

A number of other MPs, including eminent Brexiteer Steve Baker, were seen traveling to 10 Downing Street.

Stephen Hammond was the junior prime minister to announce that he was jobless on Twittersaying that he remained "absolutely opposed to the lack of market".

The reshuffle is expected to continue on Friday.

This follows an in-depth redesign of the firm's top positions the day after Johnson's accession to position 10 on Wednesday.

More than half of Theresa May's state secretaries – including Mr. Johnson's rival, Jeremy Hunt – have resigned or been fired and replaced.

Said Javid, a former presidential candidate, has been appointed Chancellor, as well as Dominic Raab and Priti Patel, Brexite officials, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Secretary of the Interior.

Thursday's appointments are for less experienced positions (so they will not attend the weekly cabinet meetings at Downing Street), but they will still be responsible for specific policy areas, such as railways and prisons.

The ministers who remain in office are:

• Jesse Norman – Financial Secretary to the Treasury
• Nick Gibb – Minister of Schools

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Johnson held his first cabinet meeting Thursday morning with his management team, which, he said, was all committed to leaving the EU by 31 October, "no of if, not of but ".

The meeting was followed by his first statement as Prime Minister in the House of Commons, where he presented some of his key policies.

Much of the talk focused on Brexit and how his government would engage in energy negotiations – Michael Gove leading the planning of non-bargaining as a top priority.

He also said that the rights of European Union citizens living in the UK would be protected, although Downing Street has not been able to confirm whether there would be new laws for support this commitment.

And he stressed his willingness to remove the backstop – a mechanism to avoid physical checks at the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in case of no agreement on Brexit – any withdrawal agreement.

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But after Johnson's appearance in the dispatch, EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said the elimination of the backstop was "unacceptable".

The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, also stressed the EU's position in an appeal to Mr Johnson, stating that the withdrawal agreement negotiated between the bloc and Ms May was "the best and only possible deal "for Brexit.

A spokesman for Group No. 10 said that Johnson had told him that it would be "energetic looking for a way to go forward", but that the solution to the problem is the abolition of the security system.

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Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labor Party, said the country was "deeply concerned that the new Prime Minister is overestimating himself".

Responding to Mr. Johnson in the House of Commons, he added, "People do not trust this Prime Minister to make the right choices for the majority of the people of this country while he also promises gifts to the richest of the big corporations – the backers of his own party [a policy Mr Johnson proposed during the leadership campaign]".