let s take you through what today will look like. the current prime minister, liz truss, held her fourth and final cabinet meeting starting about an hour ago. she is due to make a statement outside number 10 at around 10:15, before travelling to buckingham palace for an audience with king charles. after this, rishi sunak will head to the palace, where he ll be invited to form a government. then it s back to downing street, and the new prime minister will address the nation at around 11:35. and over the next 2a hours, we can expect to see a trickle of cabinet appointments which will start to shape what rishi sunak s government will look like. of course, not just of course, notjust appointments, but the message too. what is the message is likely to be when he appears at the podium which is just being put up behind us? first of all four at liz truss, then for a rishi sunak later on. keeping us company throughout the morning as we follow these events is nick eardley, our chief po
metric relative to the average earner have been well off, but the sunak family is earner have been well off, but the sunakfamily is on a earner have been well off, but the sunak family is on a entirely different scale. there will be those who say they should be a pride attached to that, but the success of him and his wife and family but there is no doubt that there will be some who will say, to what extent can he truly feel the economic reality of so, so many families at the moment when we see the cost of delivering spiralling for basic goodsin delivering spiralling for basic goods in the supermarket or at the petrol pumps when he is of such colossal well. petrol pumps when he is of such colossalwell. it petrol pumps when he is of such colossal well. it will be interesting to see the extent to which, as soon as tomorrow, at prime minister s questions, that the opposition parties may attempt to make something of that, but even stepping back from his own family s wealth, the political ch
of some pass a lot quicker but it is a sign of some of pass a lot quicker but it is a sign of some of the challenges simon was ust of some of the challenges simon was just talking about in the supply chain. just talking about in the supply chain, that borisjohnson is also talking chain, that borisjohnson is also talking about putting preparations in place talking about putting preparations in place to make sure that there are not more in place to make sure that there are not more supply chain issues, be it petrol. not more supply chain issues, be it petrol. food not more supply chain issues, be it petrol, food or something else, in the run-up petrol, food or something else, in the run up to christmas. the political the run up to christmas. the political criticism has been growing today~ political criticism has been growing today we political criticism has been growing today. we have had the labour party leader today. we have had the labour party leader sir today
whatever money they do have comes from one resource, which is as they call it petrol and we call it oil. their export earnings come from oil. nor than three quarters of the total revenue of the country comes from, again, from oil. so that is a huge importance. but also what he was saying is all of this has come through what his father has done for the country and he s not going anywhere, and he s going stand by, the army will stand by him, and he s going to he s going fight it. they have just the offering, the dialogue. he offered to raise immediately to raise salaries, to address some of the economic grievances. ease some restrictions. he talks about that. here s the interesting thing. let s go beyond that. journalists not allowed in. moammar al gadhafi usually doesn t stand for opposition at all under protests like this. it s very interesting that it s happened. all these things that he s saying we can t confirm and many people can t confirm because
it petrol. as people make their way north, pack up their goodies, close up their shops and really just hunker down, they are trying to get petrol on their way out. but they re coming face-to-face with very long lines. so in order to mitigate this and facilitate this, police are coming in, helping. and the hope really is that will get the fuel moving, that that will get the lines moving quicker so people can get out. the fortunate part here, what the mayor said, let s keep it moving, stay safe, but get out is an important point. meanwhile, weave additional 13 shelters that are being created here in miami. that s additional to the eight already in place. one of those i m being told is