Gove returns to Housing & Levelling Up brief; Hunt stays as Chancellor
New Prime Minister has appointed familiar faces to key positions in the Cabinet.
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Kwasi Kwarteng is the new Chancellor of the Exchequer under Prime Minister Liz Truss, while Simon Clarke has the housing brief as Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Secretary.
New Chancellor Hunt reverses most Truss tax cuts
Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has torn down most of Kwarsi Kwarteng's three-week-old tax cuts - but the Stamp Duty cut remains.
Truss sacks Kwarteng as Chancellor; rolls back another tax cut
Jeremy Hunt has replaced Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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