Nadhim Zahawi will replace Rishi Sunak as Chancellor, Downing Street has said. It comes hours after Chancellor Rishi Sunak resigned earlier tonight (Tuesday) said “the public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously”, implying that Boris Johnson's government is not.
The Health Secretary Sajid Javid also tendered his resignation, saying the British people “expect integrity from their government” but voters now believed Mr Johnson’s administration was neither competent nor “acting in the national interest”.
Mr Zahawi has been moved to the office of the Exchequer from Education. He will be replaced there by Universities Minister Michelle Donelan.
