Two Sussex MPs have new jobs in the government following a reshuffle of the Cabinet.

Nusrat Ghani, MP for Wealden, who has served as minister of state for industry and investment security, has now become a minister of state in the new Department for Business and Trade.

She will be joined by Lewes MP Maria Caulfield, who has been appointed parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department for Business and Trade.

Ms Caulfield will retain her brief as parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department of Health and Social Care.

University of Sussex alumn Kemi Badenoch, who represents the Essex constituency of Saffron Walden, has become secretary of state for the new department.

The shake-up of Whitehall by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak saw the creation of four new government departments, aimed at boosting economic growth and addressing the energy crisis, including a new department for energy security and net zero.

Mr Sunak also replaced sacked Tory party chairman Nadhim Zahawi with Greg Hands, who had served as trade minister.

“I think we’ve seen over the last year, in particular, the impact that happens to people’s bills at home when energy policy doesn’t work properly when we’re reliant on imported energy from hostile countries,” Prime Minister Sunak said.

“That’s why the creation of a new department focused specifically on energy security and net zero is so important.”

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Former business secretary Grant Shapps has been chosen to head up the new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, which is tasked with securing the country’s long-term energy supply.

The government’s business, trade and culture departments were restructured in the reshuffle into four different ministries.

Lucy Frazer joins the Cabinet as culture secretary, with the department shorn of its responsibility for digital technology, while Michelle Donelan will become the secretary of state for the new Department of Science, Innovation and Technology.

Dominic Raab remained as deputy prime minister, despite an ongoing investigation over allegations of bullying, with dozens of officials thought to be involved in eight formal complaints.

Mr Raab has denied the allegations.