Theresa May has begun a brutal cull of the Cabinet in her her first day as Prime Minister.

Nine ministers were sacked or resigned, making it one of the most brutal reshuffles in modern British political history.

A number of her predecessor's closest allies were sacked this morning as Mrs May promoted women into some of the Government's top positions.

After sacking Mr Cameron's right-hand man George Osborne within hours of taking office on Wednesday, Mrs May has now taken the axe to Michael Gove, Oliver Letwin, Nicky Morgan and John Whittingdale.

Despite the speculation on social media, Jeremy Hunt is to remain Health Secretary.

Failed leadership candidate Mr Gove saw his Justice Secretary job go to Liz Truss, who became the first female Lord Chancellor in the thousand-year history of the role.

Ms Morgan's former role as Education Secretary went to another promoted woman, Justine Greening.

Stephen Crabb resigned from his role as Work and Pensions Secretary "in the best interests of my family" and Damian Green was appointed the role.

Andrea Leadsom, Mrs May's rival in the leadership campaign, has been appointed Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Affairs.

Patrick McLoughlin, the former Transport secretary has taken on Oliver Letwin's former role - putting him in overall charge of the Cabinet Office.

Priti Patel has been appointed the new Secretary of State for International Development and Greg Clark is the new Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Downing Street announced.

Karen Bradley was appointed the new Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Ben Gummer, the son of former Tory minister John Gummer, was made Minister for the Cabinet Office.

Mr Cameron's former parliamentary private secretary Gavin Williamson has been appointed the Government's Chief Whip.

Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers announced she was resigning from the Government after being offered a job by Mrs May which was "not one which I felt I could take on".

James Brokenshire, a close ally of Theresa May, was appointed her position.

David Gauke has been appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury and David Lidington is the new Leader of the House of Commons.