and its clear that suella knows the home and its clear that suella knows the home office, having very recently been home office, having very recently been there, and is able to hit the ground been there, and is able to hit the ground running from day one. the new prime minister has already spoken to the first ministers of scotland and wales in what s being seen as a bid to improve relations with the devolved administrations. and at noon today, rishi sunak faces his first big parliamentary test at prime minister s questions. we ll have live coverage. good morning and welcome to bbc news. i m here in westminster on the first day of rishi sunak s premiership. the new prime minister will hold his first cabinet meeting this morning after a major reshuffle of ministers. after a day of hiring and firing, we now know who will be joining him around the cabinet table. mr sunak brought back several experienced ministers. the most controversial appointment was the return of suell
was saying that he thinks the government back there will be in real trouble with backbenchers if it doesn t increase benefits by the rate of inflation. that is something thatis rate of inflation. that is something that is going to be expensive, it is something that government has not committed to in the last few weeks, although it is something that mr sunak said he would do when he was chancellor. so, ijust wonder, is not a sign may be that the work and pensions secretary is being put in place to oversee benefits going up by the rate of inflation? we don t know for sure, but one of the reasons we don t know is because mr sunak has not faced those questions just yet. noon today on bbc news, primus is questions, we will see some of that scrutiny happening. it s some of that scrutiny happening. it s going to be really interesting to watch and we will get your assessment later. nick eardley, our chief political correspondent. i m nowjoined by broadcaster ayesha hazarika, who is also the fo