Sajid Javid vows to ‘prime the economy’ for Brexit after being named as Britain’s first ever ethnic minority Chancellor

SAJID Javid last night vowed to “prime the economy” for Brexit as he became Britain’s first ever ethnic minority Chancellor.

The former Home Secretary was the first appointment in Boris Johnson’s mammoth Cabinet reshuffle.

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The new PM had a stunning clear out of Theresa May’s team.

As predicted by The Sun yesterday, Mr Javid  will have to find the money for Boris’s spending splurge while bullet-proofing the economy ahead of October 31.

As he moved into the Treasury last night, Mr Javid tweeted: “Deeply honoured to be appointed Chancellor by PM Boris Johnson.

“I’m looking forward to working with HM Treasury to prepare for leaving the EU, unifying our country and priming our economy for the incredible opportunities that lie ahead.”

The appointment of the man who made it through to the final four of the Tory leadership contest began a rapid-fire evening of Brexiteer Cabinet hires by Mr Johnson.

In a return to the Cabinet with a massive promotion, Dominic Raab was made the new Foreign Secretary as well as First Secretary of State —  de facto deputy PM.

Priti Patel was made Home Secretary in another startling return.

Her job fulfilled Boris’s pledge during The Sun’s leadership debate last week to give one of the top four offices of state to a woman.

FIRST CABINET ROLE FOR JACOB REES-MOGG

Jacob Rees-Mogg, leader of the hardline Brexiteer ERG group, was appointed Leader of the Commons - which means he joins the Cabinet for the first time.

Long standing old ally Ben Wallace, who ran Boris’s failed leadership bid in 2016, landed his dream job of Defence Secretary.

Another prominent Boris backer, Steve Barclay, was rewarded by staying on as Brexit Secretary, albeit with a new remit to lead on the renegotiation with the EU.

Boris also promoted his brother Jo making him a Minister of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and at the Department for Education.

Leadership rival Michael Gove was also promoted to the key Cabinet Office enforcer job of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Mr Gove is the last survivor of Mr Cameron’s first Cabinet in 2010 when the Tories first took power nine years ago.

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Sources claimed Mr Gove’s new role will see him getting the whole of Government ready for a possible No Deal Brexit in October.

He will sit in the Cabinet Office and make sure plans are in place to deal with possible chaos at the borders and disruption to food and medicine supplies.

Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay will focus on getting a better deal from the EU.

Dominic Raab will be Boris’s likely stand-in when he is abroad.

Liz Truss, widely tipped to have been battling it out for the job of Chancellor, was appointed to succeed Liam Fox in a beefed-up Trade Secretary role.

Tory insiders said the hirings showed that Team Boris was serious about running their Brexit strategy from the centre.

Gavin Williamson returns to the Cabinet as Education Secretary less than three months after he was sacked over leaks  about Chinese tech firm Huawei.

CABINET COMEBACKS

Nicky Morgan becomes Culture Secretary. A Remain supporter, she has been on the backbenches since Theresa May took power.

Theresa Villiers is the new Environment Secretary.  Andrea Leadsom also returns to the Cabinet as Business Secretary. She quit as Commons Leader in May in protest at the watered-down Brexit plans.

Grant Shapps — who chaired the Tory party under David Cameron — was made Transport Secretary.

Meanwhile Matt Hancock missed out on a promotion but was reappointed as Health Secretary.

Amber Rudd stays as Work and Pensions Secretary and was given the additional title of Equalities Minister.

One MP joining the Cabinet for the first time is Robert Jenrick, who was only elected in 2014. He becomes Housing Secretary.

Former Sports Minister Tracey Crouch turned down a job to spend time with her young son.

Away from the Cabinet, Mr Johnson brought on board David Frost, his former special adviser, as his number one EU negotiator. One Tory said: “There are no big beasts as such in the top three roles. People like Sajid, Priti and Dom will do what the centre says. This is Team Boris saying we’re in charge, we’ll tell you what to do.”

Allies added that Ms Patel would be “watched like a hawk” by Boris given their differing views on immigration.

In the leadership campaign, Mr Johnson stunned Eurosceptics by declaring he wanted an amnesty for illegal immigrants — and refused in The Sun’s debate to say whether or not he even wanted to see immigration fall.

The Migration Watch think tank said he had declared “open season” on Britain’s borders.

Ms Patel’s views are said to tally far more closely to Tory grassroots who are adamant net migration has to come down.

In a sop to Brexiteers, the popular Eurosceptic Rishi Sunak was last night appointed Mr Javid's deputy with the powerful job as Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

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