it s been a busy afternoon in downing street dominic raab is back as justice secretary and deputy prime minister james cleverely stays as foreign secretary ben wallace remains defence secretary and michael gove looks set to return to government. grant shapps a big supporter of rishi sunak. grant shapps a big supporter of rishi sunak. stay with us in downing street for all the appointments so far. welcome to downing street where the new prime minister, rishi sunak has started to assemble his new cabinet with a number of appointments into the top jobs in government. let s into the top jobs in government. run you through v so let s run you through what we know so far. let s run you through what we know so far. jeremy hunt who took as chancellor after kwasi kwarteng was sacked following the fallout of the mini budget remains in post at the treasury. dominic raab is back in government a key supporter of rishi sunak. he is back asjustice secretary and reappointed depu
difficult decisions ahead. he suggested taxes could rise to help restore market confidence and also talked about spending cuts. mr hunt was appointed yesterday after the prime minister sacked his predecessor, kwasi kwarteng. here s our political correspondent ione wells. well. hours into his newjob, the well. hours into his new “ob, the chancellor well. hours into his new “ob, the chancellor was i well. hours into his new “ob, the chancellor was tasked well. hours into his newjob, the chancellor was tasked with - well. hours into his newjob, the chancellor was tasked with setting | chancellor was tasked with setting out his still, a very different one from the one the prime minister set out. on wednesday, she said she is absolutely not planning public spending cuts but listen to this. we have spending cuts but listen to this. - have some very difficult decisions ahead, difficult decisions on spending, which is not going to rise as much as people hope and i am going
with her majesty, she will become the 56th uk prime minister the third woman in number ten. labour s deputy leader, angela rayner, says mrjohnson has missed opportunities to fix problems after the last few months. we ve seen borisjohnson going around having his holidays, and enjoying himself, when the rest of the country have been absolutely petrified. i have got businesses locally who have been there since prewar, who are saying that they will not be able to survive. hello and welcome from downing street where later today, liz truss will enter the famous door at number ten as the uk s new prime minister, after being announced yesterday as leader of the conservative party. the man she ll take over from, borisjohnson, has arrived in aberdeenshire to meet the queen in balmoral and formally resign from office. earlier this morning, here in downing street, he delivered a farewell speech extolling his own record as prime minister and calling on the conservative party to get
secretaryjustine greening, sir malcom rifkind, who served as foreign and defence secretary in the thatcher and major governments, and catherine haddon from the institute for government. hello, welcome to the programme. after one of the driest summers on record, the notoriously fickle british weather turned of course it did just at the very moment liz truss arrived in downing street this afternoon. and as the heavens opened, drenching the loyal conservative members who had gathered to greet her, the sketch writers might have been tempted to draw analogies with the deluge of issues, that are now piling up on the new prime ministers desk. not that she seemed fazed by the challenge ahead. this is a storm we can ride out, she said, to become the modern brilliant britain i know we can be. i m honoured to take on this responsibility at a vital time in our country. what makes the united kingdom great is our fundamental belief in freedom in enterprise and in fair play. our people