Who will be in Boris Johnson’s future cabinet?

A newly-emboldened PM must pick his top team – and his choices will send a message about the kind of government he will run, writes Lizzy Buchan

Boris Johnson arrives at 10 Downing Street on Friday (AFP via Getty)

Just after 7am on Friday morning, Boris Johnson delivered a surprising speech to Conservative activists gathered in Westminster.

He had been returned to Downing Street with the largest Tory majority since Margaret Thatcher, fuelled by historic gains along Labour’s “red wall” of seats from north Wales, the midlands and the northeast of England.

Instead of gloating, he appealed to traditional Labour voters who backed him and vowed to govern for the whole country.