Cameron announces new UK Conservative Government

UK Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday announced the final list to his new Conservative Government.

Sajid Javid has been appointed business secretary and Amber Rudd becomes energy secretary as David Cameron reshuffles his top team after the Conservative election victory, the Financial Times reported.

Boris Johnson, who remains mayor of London until 2016, has not become a minister but he will attend political cabinet.

The reshuffle has been prompted by the departure of five Liberal Democrat ministers including Vince Cable, Ed Davey and Nick Clegg, and the creation of an all-Tory cabinet.

Javid, who was culture secretary, is on the right and has been mentioned as a potential future party leader.

Rudd, a former parliamentary private secretary to George Osborne, the chancellor, is widely considered to be in the philosophical mainstream of the party.

John Whittingdale, a eurosceptic former chairman of the culture select committee and vice-chairman of the backbench 1922 committee, replaces Javid as culture secretary.

Baroness Stowell, leader of the House of Lords, was promoted to a full post in the cabinet.

Priti Patel, a former Treasury minister, becomes minister of state at the Department for Work and Pensions, replacing Esther McVey, who lost her seat in the election.

Among secretaries of state retaining their jobs are Liz Truss, Justine Greening, Jeremy Hunt, Patrick McLoughlin and Theresa Villiers, who will oversee environment, international development, health, transport and Northern Ireland, respectively. Eric Pickles has been replaced as communities and local government secretary by Greg Clark.

Anna Soubry becomes minister of state responsible for small business and will attend cabinet meetings.

Greg Hands will also attend cabinet meetings in his new role as chief secretary to the Treasury, a position previously held by the Liberal Democrats' Danny Alexander.

Cameron on Monday was met with thunderous cheers and foot stamping as he addressed his MPs at a meeting of the 1922 committee.

The prime minister, speaking to reporters outside the meeting room, said he would deliver all the pledges in the Conservative manifesto — he was brandishing a copy in his hand — and spoke of his desire to lead a government of “compassionate Conservatism” that brought the UK together.

The prime minister also indicated that his election success should strengthen his hand in the negotiations on EU reform. "We have got a mandate,” he said. “It’s going to be tough but we have a mandate."

Midway through his reshuffle, Cameron promised to run a "ministry of all the talents" as he continued to assemble his government.