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Poll: Do you think Theresa May will be a good Prime Minister?

Theresa May was at work today as she prepared to enter Downing Street.

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She faces a breakneck period of activity appointing a new Cabinet, with imminent announcements expected.

After presenting herself as the unity candidate, Mrs May is expected to offer plum posts to leading figures from both the Remain and Leave camps from the EU referendum, in which she backed continued membership but kept a low profile.

George Osborne looks unlikely to stay on as Chancellor after the new PM trashed parts of his economic legacy.

But he remains an important experienced minister and is widely tipped to become Foreign Secretary in a potential job swap with Philip Hammond, who has long coveted the role at the Treasury.

Senior Brexiteer Chris Grayling will be rewarded for his role running Mrs May's campaign, possibly replacing her as Home Secretary.

And it is thought that a prominent Leave campaigner could be given the job of overseeing negotiations for the UK's departure from the EU and making good on Mrs May's promise that "Brexit means Brexit".

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Andrea Leadsom is expected to be offered a job in recognition of her raised profile from the referendum.

But big question marks were hanging over the future of Brexit standard-bearers Boris Johnson and Michael Gove.

Both were seen to have blotted their copy-books in the wake of the referendum result but moved quickly to endorse Mrs May when Mrs Leadsom pulled out.

They may be kept in the fold for the sake of unity. Mr Gove may hang onto his justice ministerial role, while there was speculation that Mr Johnson may be offered the chance to head up the Department for Culture Media and Sport.