Javid’s resignation leaves new chancellor just three weeks to prepare budget
by Phillip Inman from on (#4ZA8W)
Rishi Sunak must add finishing touches to ambitious package billed as new dawn of spending
Sajid Javid's resignation as chancellor of the exchequer leaves his successor, Rishi Sunak, with little more than three weeks to pull together a budget that Boris Johnson has promised will bring a new dawn of spending.
The new chancellor, who had been chief secretary to the Treasury since July, will be tasked with putting the finishing touches to a range of ambitious policies, including those aimed at "levelling-up" the regions and nations of the UK.
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