In Downing Street to a warm reception and set to work on forming his new cabinet. No change in two of the big offices of state James Cleverly remains Foreign Secretary and jeremy hunt stays at the treasury. Suella braverman returns as Home Secretary less than a week after she resigned, and dominic raab is deputy Prime Minister. It comes as new figures show the task in hand with the price of some household basics soaring. You can see on the shelves when you going to the supermarkets, youve got to really think about making better choices. Got to really think about making better choices. ,. , better choices. Ultimately, the cost need to come better choices. Ultimately, the cost need to come down. Better choices. Ultimately, the cost need to come down. And better choices. Ultimately, the cost need to come down. And peoples. Need to come down. And peoples income need to come down. And peoples income needs to go up. Hello and welcome im ben brown live from Downing Street on another momentous
hello and welcome. the former chancellor rishi sunak is poised to become the next prime minister here in the uk after borisjohnson withdrew from the race to succeed liz truss. mrjohnson said there was a very good chance he would have been successful, but he couldn t govern effectively without a united conservative party in parliament. our political editor chris mason has the latest. are you running for the leadership, mr sunak? could september s loser be october s prime minister? rishi sunak is a step closer to downing street tonight, beaten by liz truss just weeks ago, he could replace her as soon as tomorrow. declaring his candidacy today, he wrote: he also felt the need to say: the guaranteed support for him continues to up. what we can t do is have him in as prime minister to implode, taking down the whole government with him, and we just can t do that again. mr baker had backed the former home secretary suella braverman for the job in the summer. today, she backed rish
Ever take back control of our borders . Thats all coming in the next action packed hour. The next action packed hour. Welcome to the well to show theres something in the air in downing street. Theres fizzing rumours of a snap early general election. Well have all of the analysis. Weve got reporters in westminster , at downing street, westminster, at downing street, in the studio. The brilliant analysis. You come to expect from us. Brace yourselves. Weve got one heck of a show coming up. Get stuck in. Is it the right thing to do . Send your views gbnews. Com yoursay. Should the tories go to the poll, get over and done with . Do they have a sniff of a chance of even winning, or will they be doomed if they go early . Let me know your thoughts. But before all that, its your headlines and its sam francis. Its sam francis. Martin, thank you very much and good afternoon to you. Its 3 02. The top story this afternoon. The Prime Minister afternoon. The Prime Minister has hailed a fall in inflat