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good morning, everybody. it s wednesday the 26th of october. our main story. rishi sunak will hold his first cabinet meeting this morning after a major reshuffle of ministers. the new prime minister brought back several experienced mps to the front bench, but he s been criticised for reappointing suella braverman as home secretaryjust days after she resigned. he ll also take part in his first prime minister s questions later. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. on day one as prime minister, among rishi sunak s first tasks in office, phone calls with other world leaders. mr sunak spoke last night to us presidentjoe biden and president zelensky of ukraine. there were calls, too, with the first minister of scotland, which nicola sturgeon described as constructive, and the welsh first minister, mark drakeford, who said the uk s urgent challenges were discussed. earlier rishi sunak said he d been elected partly to fix the mistakes made by his predecessor, liz truss. he promi
they need more help. the first big test for rishi sunak s premiership will come when his chancellor makes a statement on tax and spending plans scheduled for monday, but there s talk of a delay. before that, this lunchtime, rishi sunak s first prime minister s questions on his first full day in office. jonathan blake, bbc news. 0h, oh, a big day today for prime minister s questions. we re joined now by our chief political correspondent nick eardley who s in westminster. so the hope is his big reshuffle will bring unity to the conservative party . but that is a tough prospect, isn t it? ., ,., but that is a tough prospect, isn t it? ., ., , it? the whole point of this cabinet which we will it? the whole point of this cabinet which we will see it? the whole point of this cabinet which we will see in it? the whole point of this cabinet which we will see in downing i it? the whole point of this cabinet l which we will see in downing street later this morning is to try to provide
elected partly to fix the mistakes made by his predecessor, liz truss. he promised hope, but warned there d be difficult decisions ahead. i will place economic stability and confidence at the heart of this government s agenda. this will mean difficult decisions to come. right now, our country is facing a profound economic crisis. the aftermath of covid still lingers. putin s war in ukraine has destabilised energy markets and supply chains the world over. there s a familiar look to mr sunak s top team. most of the faces around the cabinet table served under liz truss or borisjohnson. jeremy hunt remains as chancellor. the foreign secretary, james cleverly, stays in post and ben wallace continues as defence
various fronts, low pressure still in charge. so some rain, but it should clear through the afternoon. for saturday, the rain comes at night time into sunday morning, so it stays largely unsettled into the weekend. but the temperature still remains exceptionally mild, in the mid to high teens celsius. well, not long now until bonfire night. not all the usual firework displays will be going ahead. we ve got details online on which councils have cancelled events so do take a look. that s it from me. i ll be back in half an hour. now it s back tojon and victoria. good morning. welcome to breakfast withjon kay and victoria valentine. our headlines today. rishi sunak will hold his first cabinet meeting this morning after a major reshuffle of ministers. it comes as he warns