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Your support makes all the difference.Boris Johnson has carried out the most brutal cabinet reshuffle in modern history as he sacked more than half of Theresa May's top team within hours of taking charge.
Allies of Ms May were unceremoniously cleared out, with rival Jeremy Hunt was among the senior figures to leave the government in favour of Brexiteers.
Sajid Javid was appointed as chancellor, with Brexiteers Priti Patel and Dominic Raab returning to the cabinet as home secretary and foreign secretary.
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Mr Johnson says he pays tribute to Ms May and her deep sense of public service. He says the critics, the pessimists, the doubters are wrong. The people who bet against Britain are going to lose their shirts.
We are going to come out of the EU on 31 October, no ifs, no buts. We will do a new deal, a better deal - a new and exciting partnership with Europe. I have every confidence it will happen in 99 days.
He says my job is to serve you, the people. The people are our bosses. "My job is to make sure you don't have to wait three weeks to see your GP." he says.
"We will fix the crisis in social care once and for all - to give every elder person dignity," he adds. "That is the work that begins today behind that black door today."
Johnson says it is time we unleashed the productive power - not just of London - but of every corner of the UK, the "awesome foursome".
Everyone knows the values the flag stands for - above all it stands for democracy. That is why we will come out of the EU by 31 October, he says. "We must now respect that decision."
To our friends in Ireland and Brussels, he says, I am sure we can do a deal.
We should prepare for the remote possibility of coming out of the bloc without a deal in place, "because it is only common sense to prepare".
"We will need to get ready," he says. "We must take advantage of Brexit - we will now accelerate the work of getting ready. The banks will be ready, the ports will be ready..."
"To those who say we cannot be ready, I say do not underestimate this country.
"As we prepare for a post-Brexit future... let us begin work now. Let's get going now," he says.
"Let's start now on free trade deals - after three years of unfounded self doubt, it is time to change the record.
"We in this government will work flat out to give this country the leadership it needs - and that work begins now."
Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK is in a "Brexit crisis" and that Boris Johnson's premiership will make situations worse for communities "devastated by nine years of Tory austerity".
He tweeted: "Boris Johnson is about to learn that there is a massive gulf between glib throw away lines that delight the Tory faithful and the difficult decisions of leadership.
"We must stand united against the politics he represents and do all we can to ensure his time in office is as short as possible."
Conservative MP and European Research Group chairman Jacob Rees-Mogg tweeted that the speech was "an inspirational declaration of purpose and independence".
Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner added: "A speech full of bluff & bluster, accompanied by Eton stiff upper lip overtones. A huge shopping list of promises to everybody & everyone and hardly a costing in sight.
"We are in for a depressing Tory cabinet packed with right wing MPs many of whom already have a record of failure."
Boris Johnson has promised to take “personal responsibility” for delivering a successful Brexit, as he used his first comments as prime minister to repeat his pledge to take the UK out of the EU by 31 October with or without a deal.
Standing outside Downing Street moments after being asked by the Queen to form a government, Mr Johnson declared: “Never mind the backstop. The buck stops here.”
The new PM had dodged the question during the leadership campaign of whether he would resign if he misses the Halloween deadline for Brexit, but his comment is the closest he has come to saying he might.
Penny Mordaunt has resigned from the cabinet - it is unclear at this stage whether she was offered a demotion and refused to take it. She was the first female secretary.
She said she was "heading to the backbenches from where the PM will have my full support as will my successors".
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