Jeremy Hunt's 'secret weapon' wife has shared a cute pet name that she calls the new chancellor when the pair are at home together. The Conservative MP has been appointed as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer in a dramatic day for Liz Truss ' Conservative party, after she sacked Kwasi Kwarteng just three weeks after his mini-budget wreaked havoc on the UK's economy.
Hunt's appointment was confirmed just an hour after the news that Kwarteng had been sacked, and he will now become the fourth Chancellor of 2022. While he may be a political heavyweight, he's still affectionately known as 'Big Rice' at home - after being gifted the pet name by his Chinese-born wife, Lucia, who said the moniker came from her grandmother when they went to China for their wedding.
