Nadhim Zahawi has become the UK’s new chancellor on Tuesday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson was forced to reshuffle his cabinet.
It follows the resignation of two secretaries of state and a flock of junior ministers after Johnson’s handling of sexual misconduct allegations against Chris Pincher tipped the scale against the prime minister.
Sajid Javid resigned as health secretary, saying he had lost confidence in Johnson’s leadership. Within minutes, Rishi Sunak resigned as chancellor of the exchequer, citing fundamental economic policy differences.
Zahawi, who led the UK’s COVID-19 vaccines deployment during the first year of the pandemic and took over the job of the education secretary in the last Cabinet reshuffle, has now landed in Number 11 Downing Street as the new chancellor….