News story: Election 2017: Prime Minister and ministerial appointments

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Updated: Updated with further Cabinet appointments.

The Cabinet is as follows:

  • Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service – Rt Hon Theresa May MP
  • First Secretary of State, and Minister for the Cabinet Office – Rt Hon Damian Green MP
  • Chancellor of the Exchequer – Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP
  • Secretary of State for the Home Department – Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP
  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP
  • Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union – Rt Hon David Davis MP
  • Secretary of State for Defence – Rt Hon Sir Michael Fallon KCB MP
  • Secretary of State for Health – Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP
  • Lord Chancellor; and Secretary of State for Justice*– Rt Hon David Lidington CBE MP
  • Secretary of State for Education, and Minister for Women and Equalities – Rt Hon Justine Greening MP
  • Secretary of State for International Trade, and President of the Board of Trade – Rt Hon Liam Fox MP
  • Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy – Rt Hon Greg Clark MP
  • Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Rt Hon Michael Gove MP
  • Secretary of State for Transport – Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP
  • Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government – Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP
  • Lord Privy Seal, and Leader of the House of Lords – Rt Hon Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
  • Secretary of State for Scotland – Rt Hon David Mundell MP
  • Secretary of State for Wales – Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP
  • Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP
  • Secretary of State for International Development – Rt Hon Priti Patel MP
  • Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport – Rt Hon Karen Bradley MP
  • Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – Rt Hon David Gauke MP
  • Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster* – Rt Hon Sir Patrick McLoughlin MP

The following also attend Cabinet:

  • Chief Secretary to the Treasury – Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP
  • Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Commons – Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP
  • Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) – Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP
  • Attorney General – Rt Hon Jeremy Wright QC MP
  • Minister of State (for Immigration), Home Office – Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP

Further appointments will be added to this list as they are announced.

*unpaid

News story: Election 2017: Prime Minister and ministerial appointments

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The following Cabinet posts have been confirmed:

  • The Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP continues as Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • The Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP continues as Secretary of State for the Home Department
  • The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP continues as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
  • The Rt Hon David Davis MP continues as Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
  • The Rt Hon Sir Michael Fallon KCB MP continues as Secretary of State for Defence

Further appointments will be added to this list as they are announced.

Road accidents in India decrease by 4.1% during 2016, fatalities rise by 3.2%

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Road accidents in the country have decreased by around 4.1% during 2016, with the year seeing 4,80,652 road accidents as against 5,01,423 in 2015. However fatalities resulting from these accidents have risen by about 3.2% during the same period. Nearly 1,50,785 persons were killed in 2016 as against 1,46,133 in 2015. Releasing the Ministry’s annual publication ‘Road Accidents in India-2016 the Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Nitin Gadkari said that while the accident and fatality figures still leave a lot to be desired in the matter of ensuring road safety, the trends are encouraging. Road Accidents in India, 2016 is a compilation of data on various facets of road accidents as furnished by Police Departments of all States/U.Ts for the calendar year 2016