London: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holds his first cabinet meeting with the new team on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, as he prepares for his debut in Prime Minister’s Questions, the first major test of the leadership of Britain’s Indian-origin prime minister . On his first full day as prime minister, Sunak met his new cabinet on Wednesday and faced opposition leader Keir Starmer in the Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQ), reports the BBC. The PMQ is a high-profile weekly event in UK politics, which takes place every Wednesday at noon when the House of Commons sits. For about half an hour, the Prime Minister is called to the dispatch box in the Commons Chamber to answer questions from MPs on any subject.
The Leader of the Opposition gets to ask six questions – usually the most rowdy part of the spectacle. A picture of the new cabinet has also been released, in which Sunak is heading the government for the first time. Sunak on Tuesday unveiled his top team with key cabinet appointments and decided to keep the new chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, for economic stability and bring back Indian-origin Suella Braverman as home secretary.
In another move aimed at continuity, James Cleverley will remain in his position as foreign secretary, despite not being loyal to Sunak. Braverman, whose scathing resignation letter led to Liz Truss’s exit from Downing Street last week, is a fellow Bexitier like the sundial.
Without portfolio minister Nadim Jahavi told reporters the party was “very, very united” as he left after a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street. Sunak has vowed to govern with “honesty” and seeks to unify the Conservatives by including people from different wings of the party in his top team.
Criticism of the Labor Party
The opposition Labor Party has criticized Tory Wright’s decision to reappoint the popular Braverman as home secretary after he resigned over data breaches, the report said. Sunak’s first cabinet meeting came amid criticism of the reappointment of Braverman as Home Secretary.
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly – who has kept his job under the new Prime Minister Sunak – has defended the prime minister’s decision to reappoint Braverman to the role of Home Secretary. Braverman was forced to resign from the job – in the final days of the premiership of the truce – over two data breaches last week.
“She said she made a mistake and apologized for that,” deftly told the BBC. He said Braverman has promised to crack down on crime and secure borders while in the Home Office.
When asked whether the deal that helped Sunak regain power has resulted in Braverman returning to the position, deftly states that Sunak was “the way, the way, the way forward” during the latest Conservative leadership contest, He added: “I doubt they needed someone special.’ approval.”
Labor’s shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson says Braverman is back at his job as a result of a “messy deal” that helped Sunak “overcome the line and become prime minister”. Speaking to the Today program on BBC Radio 4, Phillipson argued that it questions Sunak’s pledge to run a government of integrity. He said the discussion “should be about the future of our country, not the future of the Conservative Party”.
The 42-year-old investment banker-turned-politician is the youngest British Prime Minister in 210 years. He is also the first Hindu Prime Minister of Britain. Sunak’s victory in the Tory leadership race comes at the end of a dramatic few days at Westminster as Liz Truss resigned last Thursday in the wake of a disastrous tax-cutting mini-budget and several policy U-turns.