the reaction to that and the rest of rishi sunak s first full day in office. and i m shaun ley in the studio, here are our other main stories this hour: public health directors in england urge the government not to make further cuts to their budgets, amid warnings over the effects on the poorest communities. there s a call to make childcare a political priority, with a warning that the sector in england is understaffed and underfunded. oh, he s gone, that is exactly what ireland were looking for. and coming up in sport: a shock defeat for world champions england at the hands of ireland in the men s t20 world cup. good afternoon and welcome to bbc
the chancellorjeremy hunt has announced he is delaying the economic statement due on monday, in which he was expected to lay out plans for getting the government s finances in order. he will instead deliver a full autumn statement on november the 17th. the news came shortly before rishi sunak took part in prime minister s questions for the first time since he entered number ten. at pmqs he came under pressure from labour about his decision to appoint suella braverman as home secretary, less than a week after she resigned the post following a data breach. rishi sunak said she had made an error ofjudgment but he was delighted to welcome her back. our first report is from our political correspondent damian grammaticas.
everyone a better understanding of how these figures add up if they do. thank you for that analysis, mark. that is pretty much it for now from westminster on rishi sunak s first full day at number ten. i will hand you back now to the studio. bennett was mentioning that rishi sunak was our weather is our youngest prime minister in history, he is the youngest since lord liverpool. in other news, directors of public health england are urging the government not to make further cuts to their budgets. further cuts to their budgets amid warnings over the effects on the poorest communities.
so how is the news about rishi sunak being received both in the uk and across the world this morning? let s chat to stephanie prentice who s been looking through the papers. they the papers. all have rishi sunak on the they all have rishi sunak on the front page. the daily mail and the metro go with the same? notjust in the uk but around the world, rishi sunak on the front pages, the male and the metro had gone for a celebrated three tone, on the male celebrating him becoming the youngest modern prime minister and first with south asian heritage, metro have gone with here comes the sunak, they are looking forward to a change and seemingly quite stop but they are nodding to the economic challenges rishi sunak will have to face in the next few days, his message saying his party has one shot at redemption in his own words. if
colleagues, although many will be sanguine and well aware that their time in cabinet was probably numbered. we heard from grant williams earlier the conservative mp for montgomeryshire, that he wanted a welsh secretary representing a welsh seat. if that fee is listened to by rishi sunak, it would be goodbye for robert buckland because he represents a constituency on the english side of the m4 in swindon. let s remind ourselves what rishi sunak said about two hours ago when he gave his acceptance speech outside number ten having travelled from buckingham palace were heavy he had been asked to form a new government by the king. good morning. i have just been to buckingham palace and accepted his majesty the king s invitation to form a government in his name. it is only right to explain why i am standing here