Kit Malthouse appointed new education secretary

Kit Malthouse has been appointed education secretary by new prime minister Liz Truss, becoming the fourth person in the post in two months.

He replaces James Cleverly, who has been promoted to foreign secretary.

He was previously Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 7 July 2022 and 6 September 2022.

He was Minister of State in the Home Office and Ministry of Justice from 14 February 2020 to 7 July 2022, and Minister of State (Minister of State for Crime, Policing and the Fire Service) for the Home Office from 25 July 2019 to 14 February 2020.

He was previously Minister of State for Housing from 9 July 2018 to 25 July 2019.

He was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance at the Department of Work and Pensions from 9 January 2018 to 9 July 2018. He was elected as Conservative MP for North West Hampshire in May 2015.

He was educated at Sudley County Primary School and Liverpool College, before studying politics and economics at Newcastle University

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