New chancellor will not want to be 'creature of No 10' – David Gauke

Ex-justice secretary speaks out as Rishi Sunak faces pressure to raise government borrowing

A former Conservative cabinet minister has said the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, will want to avoid becoming a "creature of No 10" amid pressure on the new appointee to raise government borrowing sharply.

David Gauke, the former justice secretary who was expelled from the Conservatives for defying Boris Johnson over Brexit, said that Sunak risked putting the public finances on an unsustainable path, given the headwinds facing the British economy.