In the latest batch of ministerial appointments, businessman Ben Elliot has been appointed co-chairman of the Conservative Party. He will work with fellow co-chairman, James Cleverly.
In a string of other ministerial appointments, Jo Churchill has been made a parliamentary under secretary of state at the Department of Health and Social Care.
Meanwhile, Heather Wheeler has been announced as parliamentary under secretary of state at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Paul Maynard as a parliamentary under secretary of state at the Department for Transport.
Seema Kennedy is now parliamentary under secretary of state at the Home Department. Baroness Barran has become parliamentary under secretary of state at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
Mims Davies has been appointed as parliamentary under secretary of state at the Department for Work and Pensions.
Lord Duncan of Springbank also gains a new roles as parliamentary under secretary of state at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and at the Northern Ireland Office.
In further ministerial appointments, Wendy Morton MP is a parliamentary under secretary of state at the Ministry of Justice.
Matt Warman MP is a parliamentary under secretary of state at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
And Robin Walker MP is a parliamentary under secretary of state at the Scotland Office and the Northern Ireland Office.
This comes as Boris Johnson doubled down on his police recruitment pledge, describing it as “the most fundamental investment you can make in society”.
“Reducing crime, making our streets safer – safer streets equals more investment, equals more businesses with jobs, equals growth,” the prime minister said on Friday afternoon.
“It’s absolutely crucial for everywhere in this country and what I want to see is the police not just given powers to do things like stop and search and take knives off the streets and beat the gangs.
“I also want politicians to support them and back them up in every way that we can. That’s why today we’re beginning another big programme of recruitment for another 20,000 officers”.
Johnson added that it will take a while before this number of officers will be recruited and deployed - but his government is actively working on this £1 billion measure.