Britain's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives to make a speech outside 10 Downing Street, London, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Boris Johnson has replaced Theresa May as Prime Minister, following her resignation last month after Parliament repeatedly rejected the Brexit withdrawal agreement she struck with the European Union. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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LONDON (AP) - Boris Johnson is convening his first Cabinet meeting as Britain's prime minister, pledging to break the impasse on issues that flummoxed predecessor Theresa May.
Johnson has less than 100 days to make good on his promise to deliver Brexit by Oct. 31 after what he called "three years of unfounded self-doubt."
The new Cabinet arrived early at Johnson's Downing Street office - a collection of fresh faces after Johnson culled senior members of May's team. The new line-up includes Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, Treasury chief Sajid Javid and House of Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg.
In his first speech as prime minister, Johnson offered a plethora of promises, from more police on the streets to ending a ban on genetically modified crops to faster internet access.
Britain's New Prime Minister Boris Johnson is welcomed into 10 Downing Street by staff, in London, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Britain's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed the U.K. will leave the European Union on Oct. 31 - "no ifs, ands or buts." Speaking just moments after Queen Elizabeth II asked him to form a government Wednesday, Johnson sought to persuade the public to back him - saying that the time has come to act on the nation's departure from the European Union. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP)
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Conservative lawmaker Sajid Javid arrives at 10 Downing Street, London, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Boris Johnson has replaced Theresa May as Prime Minister, following her resignation last month after Parliament repeatedly rejected the Brexit withdrawal agreement she struck with the European Union. Johnson seems to be clearing out top ministers, firing several members of former leader Theresa May's Cabinet. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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Conservative lawmaker Priti Patel arrives at 10 Downing Street, London, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Boris Johnson has replaced Theresa May as Prime Minister, following her resignation last month after Parliament repeatedly rejected the Brexit withdrawal agreement she struck with the European Union. Johnson seems to be clearing out top ministers, firing several members of former leader Theresa May's Cabinet. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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Newly installed Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees Mogg leaves Downing Street, London, Wednesday July 24, 2019, after meeting the new Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)
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Conservative lawmaker Dominic Raab arrives at 10 Downing Street, London, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Boris Johnson has replaced Theresa May as Prime Minister, following her resignation last month after Parliament repeatedly rejected the Brexit withdrawal agreement she struck with the European Union. Johnson seems to be clearing out top ministers, firing several members of former leader Theresa May's Cabinet. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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