Good morning and welcome to our daily Brexit briefing. Today: Theresa May’s first day in office.  So the UK now has a new prime minister in Theresa May after the former home secretary went to Buckingham Palace and then told the nation that the monarch had invited her to form a new government.  The really big surprise came with her decision to appoint the leading Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson as foreign secretary.  There was also a surprise elevation for Amber Rudd, the energy secretary, who will succeed May as home secretary. Rudd has been an MP since 2010 and only joined the cabinet last May.  Liam Fox also rejoins the ranks of Conservative heavyweights following years of being out in the cold after being appointed secretary of state for international trade.  No, although that will now be down to David Davis, another leading leave campaigner, who becomes the catchily titled secretary of state for exiting the European Union. Expect that to soon become Brexit secretary.  For the real story of May’s cabinet decisions, have a read of John Crace’s sketch.  Anne Perkins dissects Theresa May’s speech: What she said and what she meant.  Simon Jenkins says that although May took on the police her new foes are far fiercer.  Polly Toynbee writes that David Cameron has washed his hands of No 10 – but he’s left an almighty mess behind.  Inevitably, it has to be new foreign secretary Boris Johnson:  Clearly now we have a massive opportunity in this country to make a great success of our relationship with Europe and with the world and I’m very excited to be asked to play a part in that.  Would you like to wake up to this briefing in your inbox? Sign up here.
New PM makes some surprise choices, including Boris Johnson as foreign secretary, while David Davis is in charge of Brexit