we begin here in the uk, where borisjohnson has another difficult day ahead. critics, some from within his own party, say it s over for the prime minister after the resignation of chancellor rishi sunak and health secretary sajid javid. other senior ministers have thrown their support behind borisjohnson, but the bbc understands somejunior ministers are still considering their positions. from westminster, here s our political correspondent david wallace lockhart. two influential cabinet ministers who decided they had had enough. within minutes of an one another, rishi sunak resigned as chancellor and sajid javid resigned as health secretary. he was tightlipped when he returned home yesterday evening. just going to spend some time with my family. but the reasons were there when they submitted resignation letters. the outgoing chancellor said. while the outgoing health secretary said. their experts along with variousjunior their experts along with various junior government digg
we start in the uk, where we now have a new finance minister after a night of high political drama. the former chancellor rishi sunak handed in his resignation on tuesday evening, citing a failure of leadership from the prime minister in his handling of the latest political scandal. this left the top finance job up in the airfor a few hours before nadim zahawi was appointed as the new chancellor of the exchequer. this comes at a critical time for the economy as the uk grapples with a cost of living crisis and rising inflation. this was acknowledged in rishi sunak s resignation letter. he said: now, this is being read by some as a defence for current high taxes which could mean that the new man in the job may have been brought in to change that. so what can we expect from the new chancellor? i m joined byjustin urquhart stewart founder of the investment platform regionally. justin, platform regionally. good morning to you. so, justin, good morning to you. so, let s talk abou