the one we have all heard of in the uk is dominic cummings, who has been working with boris johnson cummingsith borisjohnson prolonged time. this story highlights these special advisers, their role and influence, we shouldn't know their names, shouldn't know their names, should we? we should not know their name and what is fascinating about this and u nfortu nately we fascinating about this and unfortunately we do know this quy's unfortunately we do know this guy's name because of his slightly repugnant views on things to do with race et cetera, i have been around for decades, this is a brilliant piece on the independent which looks at the history of it going back to winston churchill's time. what you find is these special advisers are very clever in one context, but they have views which we would 110w they have views which we would now find uncomfortable. these are unelected individuals who are unelected individuals who are in the heart of how i sure is true in many countries around the world where prime ministers and other key heads of state will have people alongside them who are advising

the guardian blaming brutal johnson for sajid javid's resignation, the daily mirror is very striking, dominic cummings, the chief adviser to borisnic cummings, the chief adviser to borisjohnson — this striking picture of him as a puppet master. the view that the country is now run by a government filled with spineless stooges. it makes you wonder, is the critical thing now that the government ministers need to get on with dominic cummings, this unelected man? there's that aspect, but are we pertaining to that cabinet full of flats? at the end of the day, you can argue whether, as jack said, whether it is the personality of cummings or johnson leading whether it is the personality of cummings orjohnson leading the charge. ultimately they come as a pair, and if johnson charge. ultimately they come as a pair, and ifjohnson wanted to get rid of cummings, he conceivably could. someone might be wielding the acts, we may not know which one of them that might be. but the point is it's about ruling the cabinet, making them into yes—men is kind of the argument that's being made here, which is more significant than i think which one of the

they won that and reportedly boris johnson and dominic cummings are furious about that, the fact thatn the times is very much showing the government perspective but labour has made some cutting criticism of this whole affair. talking about how there is a risk of removing people with windrush claims and that is quite outrageous, considering... very toxic for the tories. sajid david took a very robust line on the windrush issue. as a son of margaret as well. the fact they were not given legal representation reminded me of people who did not have a labour and we were woke up about it. —— lawyer. labour and we were woke up about it. -- lawyer. this could be hugely damaging. 0n the other hand, boris johnson from a pr perspective, boris johnson from a pr perspective, boris johnson won this election in a huge pa rt johnson won this election in a huge part because of law and order and it really resonates with people when he says, we do not want dangerous criminals on the street. almost none of his voters disagrees with that. but it is how you define who is dangerous. the government is identif

dominic cummings was appointed by borisjohnson dominic cummings was appointed by boris johnson and ont day that he took thatjob he negotiated with boris johnson that he took thatjob he negotiated with borisjohnson that he would have total control of all the advisors. borisjohnson knew have total control of all the advisors. boris johnson knew from the very beginning that this scenario is likely to pan out and i have actually been a series of stories recently that dominic cummings has not been getting his own way. he did not want hs2 to go ahead and he did not want huawei to get the mobile contract. he is powerful and certainly the most powerful and certainly the most powerful of the aids, but boris johnson is in charge and he is the one making the decisions. that is not to say that cummings is not an extremely powerful figure, not to say that cummings is not an extremely powerfulfigure, because yea rs. extremely powerfulfigure, because years. thank you very much. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines... the chancellor sajjid javid resigns in a shock move during the p

the prime minister's ear but leave a little shit i think most broadly at the moment dominic cummings boris johnson and others are really worried about the labor leadership race at all they've got power almost to themselves at the moment are focusing on how to use that and boy are they using it in unusual ways. as far as they are addressing it i think richard is right this clearly within boris johnson a sort of fear of scrutiny he doesn't like interviews he didn't like the last house of commons very much where he didn't have a majority and i think he would be worried about to start at his. most forensic and there's nobody behind bars johnson saying remember your mortal. not at the moment i think this is a number 10 with. well there's no leader of the opposition really of there until the selection is completed they've got a big majority much of the media don't own that. whereas tony blair had always to face gordon brown as a counter of the treasury number 10 faces no quit in a cabinet minister so the moment there is a mighty number tad and no real opposition until this leadership contest is resolved

opposition of dominic cummings and boris johnson? reporting number 10 will try to push the boundary more and say, loosen the rules, turn on the spending caps, cut taxes and increase public spending. is it too much direction from number 10? fascinating. this is the policy area that lies beneath the personality clashes or who is in charge kind of issues, where do you stand on the question of rishi sunak, how credible can he be as an independent money strings voice? the aim is really to change the dynamic, easy to pick apart the position of number 10, autocratic move, but there is a philosophical underpinning which as you need quite bold policy in the wa ke you need quite bold policy in the wake of brexit. place your bets in one direction or another. a bit of an irony. people saying sajid javid, paul sajid javid, they don't like borisjohnson. sajidjavid paul sajid javid, they don't like borisjohnson. sajid javid was paul sajid javid, they don't like boris johnson. sajid javid was less inclined to be austerity —like figure than sajid jav

his resignation speech this week in the house of commons, he had a bit of a dig at dominic cummings, boris johnson'soute back to frontline politics for him? this might be part of keeping his name out. is there a route back? personally, ithink of keeping his name out. is there a route back? personally, i think so. i think there is. he looks as though he is doing this with a little glint in his eye. he has been very polite, very good ever since, supportive of the prime minister whenever asked to give a soundbite. but at the same time there has been a bit of sharpness to it and i think he is enjoying his moment of doing this. the timing is really interesting, because obviously, we had a story earlier in the week, ricci is going to be extremely limited. he got this job because borisjohnson wanted to spend more money in those parts of the country which voted conservative for the first time. it is clear that he is probably going to be really limited in what he can do in this budget, so the timing of sajid javid coming out and saying, this is what i would have liked to have done... game on, isn't it? we're

i think what boris johnson's view is, certainly driven by dominic cummings, but borisjohnson is, in theintends to do it and he thinks that that is what he needs to do, particularly to deliver on his prospectus, i think that is going to happen. whether anyone likes it or not. going to other appointments and departures, what can you read into them? some people are saying, there go the people that didn't back boris for the leadership, for example. i think a case in point isjulian smith, former northern ireland secretary. he got power—sharing up and running again. that is an incredible achievement. yet because he was a remain... he stood have a bit of a wobbly face last year when he thought no deal might be happening and he did come on the airwaves and say this might be a bad idea for northern ireland. he is out despite the very competent things you can see that people were saying that this is a very good secretary. now brandon lewis, who is a former immigration minister and chairman of the party, he is now there. but he was widely tipped to be sacked altogether, so is northern ireland now,

politicians have that frustration and the tension is therefore years. it seems boris johnson it seems borisjohnson and dominic cummingse start. dominic cummings with his early blog and listing all the folds of the civil service. and it's ok to identify this thing. but to actively antagonise people for the sake of it, when you are trying to make changes, there are plenty of people out there who would want things to go wrong, the things to newspapers, you know. it's helpful to have people on your side when you're making changes. the thing that protects the civil service as we haveit protects the civil service as we have it now, if the neutral body that serves politicians of many calibres. it is a neutral body. the prime ministers officially the minister for the civil service, he makes appointment of people like permanent secretaries. the rumour is pretty pitel tried to get rid of her permanent secretary, and attempting to do that is inevitably controversial. and gus o'donnell, the former cabinet secretary is also here in the time saying the government should try to de—escalate and civil servants should stop breathing ag

there was a lot of veiled reference to what many people listening well dean as boris johnson's senior adviser, dominic cummingsment, no one could have listened to sajid javid without knowing who he was referring to, talking that no single person having at monopoly over ideas. about the relationship, depending on mutual trust and respect. he did not mention dominic cummings by name apart from once in jest. mention dominic cummings by name apart from once injest.|j mention dominic cummings by name apart from once in jest. i don't intend to dwell further on all the details and the personalities... cheering the comings and goings, if you well. apart from thejokes, the comings and goings, if you well. apart from the jokes, he was keen to emphasise that he did not think his successor, rishi sunak, should deviate. he made the case for not splashing the cash in the budget in a couple of weeks, the budget he was due to deliver. we will find out whether his successor heats his calls and soon, very soon. the weekend looks like it will bring some rough weather. 0ur concern at the moment to take us through this evening ove

he critically does get on and worked very well with both dominic cummings and boris johnson.s chancellor. how will this sit with the rest of cabinet? boris stating his authority. it is a huge power grab. i would not be surprised if there are similar moves in other departments. with an 80 strong majority, borisjohnson is moving to a more centralised seat of power. and theresa may, her relationship with philip hammond was terrible and they constantly fought over brexit and it was one of the most destabilising aspects of that regime. boris very keen to nip this in the bud at an early stage and thatis in the bud at an early stage and that is what we are seeing here. stephen, thank you very much for yourtime, stephen, thank you very much for your time, talking to us on this developing story. let's return to alice baxter in the bbc newsroom. i don't know if any mark reaction has been coming in since we spoke a few minutes ago? tell us more about rishi sunak and how are the markets and business world are generally going to react to this? 27 days, i think, away from the budget. it is

to do and that's why he resigned he that the architect of this is most probably dominant cummings is boris johnson's right hand man is chief advisor and a hugely divisive political figure he's an advisor he's not elected he's a hugely divisive figure in the u.k. at the moment rory many thanks indeed of syria's foreign channels there reporting live from london. a weather update next here on the day is out then the u.s. senate is going to vote on legislation to curb the president's powers to use military action against iran we'll tell you more. at install perhaps off to this ice hockey player in boston. peter we have to explain all of this going on. hello again welcome back to international weather forecast with this i do want to start here in the middle east we have watch one storm system push out of turkey and then across iraq and into the northern part of iran and with that we have seen a lot of snow i want to show you some video that has come out across this region and 45 people have died because of the very heavy snow causing an avalanche across the region there now digging out and they do have b

there were reports of tensions between dominique cummings, the advisor to boris johnson, and the treasury. having a more conservative approach to spending in the budget. boris johnson made they spending promises to the north country. big spending proposal. mr. javid reacting. the pound going up, government bonds falling. that is the expectation mr. johnson will now turn on the spending caps and we will see a fiscally expansive government. david: thank you so much to david merritt in london. now let's check on how the markets are reacting to today's top stories. joining us is abigail doolittle. a little bit risk off. abigial: a little bit, but less so than earlier. we are off the lows. the nasdaq is slightly higher. investors looking past these coronavirus numbers, making the continued assumption of the global economic impact is not going to be bad. it will not stretch beyond a quarter or two quarters. for me it is too early to make that assumption, but the facts that we have stocks mildly lower, and the tech heavy nasdaq higher suggest they want stocks to go higher. one one piece -- david

cummings. make no mistake, ultimately this is boris johnson's decision, it's as contentious as it gets, and it's steve swi nford of steve swinford of the times speaking a bit earlier. the headlines on bbc news... the chancellor, sajid javid, resigns, in a shock move during the prime minister's government reshuffle. out too are theresa villiers, andrea leadsom, esther mcveigh, and the northern ireland secretary, julian smith, who oversaw the restoration of devolved government at stormont. a steep rise in the number of deaths from coronavirus in china — yesterday was the deadliest day of the outbreak so far. the four contenders for the labour leadership have set out why they think they should succeed jeremy corbyn. sir keir starmer, lisa nandy, rebecca long—bailey and emily thornberry debated how they could revive labour's fortunes, during a special hustings programme on the victoria derbyshire programme this morning. sir keir starmer has been criticised for pushing labour towards a remain position and costing it the votes of leave supporters. he argued that events have moved on to the next stage

and this is all part of an even bigger, brewing tension between number 10 and boris johnson and his advisor, dominic cummingstrol of the treasury and fiscal spending. but it really was very unexpected. people did not expect this. haidi: we certainly have the market reaction, the rally in the pound. there is a lot of's outlook speculation going on, right? >> right, and i think this market reaction was because they would need more fiscal spending for the u.k. that's what boris johnson and javid had really locked horns over. boris johnson promised expanding clans, but javid is a physical hawk. he had accommodated some of boris johnson's plans, like adding an extra 20 billion pounds to infrastructure spending, but he was growing more uncomfortable with this, and it couldn't come at worst timing because the budget is next month and they haven't confirmed yet whether it will or will not go ahead, and whether they will stick to his policies or not. and boris johnson was planning to outline a part of his vision for the u.k. outside of the e.u., and that could now potentially be put into disarray. haidi: the new chan

ihedominic cummings, chief advisor to the primema minister, ermind of boris johnson's operations sincee became prime minister. we know this is a man onn a misso reshape the u.k. civil service, including how special advisors work. making some progress with that, but the timing is tricky. the government is heading toward its first budget. the beginnfg o what sergeant joe witt was going to call a decade ever knew. says next month, dominicdian cummings will make history when he becomes the first unelected jones is joking bute not entirely because mr. cummings has flexed his muscles and he willave more influence over the treasury now than he did at the beginning of the day. reporter: personally, there has been nothing lost. the chancellor and the prime minister's main political is thought to be his right-hand man to call shots on these things, it is interesting because since 1997 when tony blair came to power, the chancellor, the finance minister has enjoyed a degree of autonomy in the u.k. they get most of what they want that carried on through david cameron and george osborne and even und

boris johnson's key adviser dominic cummings ran the vote leave campaign and some say he is keen to take firstly, it is about control as to where the power lies between number 10 and the treasury. i think if it ends up that they have more joined up working together as we had under cameron and 0sborne that would be a very good thing. if it ends up in the kind of space where the treasury to some degree is being neutered, and it has a key function in terms of being a custodian of the public finances, then i think that will be more problematic. how many nurses are we recruiting? 50,000. exactly. how many more buses? laughter. boris johnson is under pressure from mps to spend more in their areas so when the new chancellor delivers his first budget, we will see just how loose the purse strings are going to be. let's speak now to the political commentator the date of the budget was meant to be much the 11th which may have to shift. i don't think it's going to change that dramatically, i think it will still happen before the end of the financial year, before the end of march. there were from dow

the rumour is that dominic cummings and boris johnson want to increase spending and the north of englande time sajid javid was wanting to retain some kind of element of fiscal restraint so the big question and the budget as well be see the posturings not just listened but completely let go. thank you. the amazon founder, jeff bezos, says he's committing ten billion dollars to a new fund to tackle climate change. he said the money would be spent on scientists, activists, and non—governmental organisations to help protect the natural world. hundreds of amazon staff signed a blog last month, saying the company didn't have enough environmental policies. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes explained what the amazon boss is planning to do. this isn't a prize, this isn't a company that he can profit from, these are indeed grants that will be awarded to various organisations, starting this summer, activists, scientists, as you say, non—governmental organisations who are pursuing the goal of tackling climate change, as he put it, the devastating impact of climate change, in his quite sho

boris johnson's key adviser running number 11 as well as no 10? borisjohnson's key adviser dominic cummingscampaign and some say he is keen to take back control from no 10's potential political rivals. firstly it is about control as to where the power lies between no 10 and the treasury. i think if it ends up that they have morejoined up i think if it ends up that they have more joined up working together as we had under cameron and osborne that would be a very good thing. if it ends up in the kind of space where the treasury to some degree is being neutered, and it has a key function in terms of being a custodian of the public finances, then i think that will be more problematic. how many nurses are we recruiting? 50,000. exactly. how many more buses? laughter borisjohnson is laughter boris johnson is under laughter borisjohnson is under pressure from mps to spend more in their areas so when the new chancellor delivers his first budget, we will see just how loose the purse strings are going to be. let's talk live to iain watson in westminster. the new chancellor just getting his feet under

dig there a borisjohnson chief adviser tomic cummings and was quite civil as i would say torts borisjohnson even quite civil as i would say torts boris johnsonhough most people look at it and saying, he's the bigger man, he was certain poorly treated i think it is fair to say. but i guess one of the things he's going to have to be thinking about is is there route back to a place in borisjohnson public cabinet. so i think this may be the start of starting to think about keeping his profile up in this interview is very interesting so because of course it's focusing on what he would have done if you would have rate remained as chancellor offering two of cut to pension the dick is a great of income tax and the budget had he chancellor also offering the reductions on duties. if you watch the reason why he went from there is a feeling that he was blocking this kind of desire for borisjohnson and blocking this kind of desire for boris johnson and his advisers to turn on the spending tabs to get the booster in and going and getting investment into some of those northern and midland seats that voted forjohnson in the election in some way he was a loc

boris johnsons caplet this this they the finance minister was the brits say chancellor of the exchequer seven cabinet areas as announced this is basic is resignation. reportedly followed words with morris johnson's unelected close adviser cummings the man who's known otherwise is the architect of brings it. remain i would. like to. get afternoon. job this. coming school. see you. the largest casualty of thursday's cabinet reshuffle on a day with boris johnson dismissed several senior ministers britain's chancellor of the exchequer took the decision to resign himself just weeks off to breakfast and a month before he was due to deliver the government's annual budgets. his resignation follows route of clashes with johnson's powerful adviser dominic cummings. a self styled political disruptor who is mistrusted by many lawmakers and officials. this is mrs chevy diligently rejected in order to fight his team of aids a a condition he felt was unacceptable. these are people that have workeked incredibly hard on behalf of not just the government for the whole country did a fantastic job. unable to accept those conditions i don't believe any self respecting minister would accept such conditions and therefore i thought the best thing to d

cummings? what do you think it is you have done? i'm not sure borisjohnson has it is you have done? i'm not sure boris johnsonake myself that seriously. i think it is interesting with the special advisers, you need to approvals from the secretary of state and downing street. look to him asi state and downing street. look to him as i said, i've had over three yea rs, him as i said, i've had over three years, i'm a creature of the mayhem. fiona hill, iwill years, i'm a creature of the mayhem. fiona hill, i will be gratefulfor her, the former chief of staff, mrs may brought me into the job her, the former chief of staff, mrs may brought me into thejob in her, the former chief of staff, mrs may brought me into the job in the first place. i was to be honest, slightly surprised to be kept on when the change of administration happen and mrjohnson became prime minister so if anything i've had an extra six months of a bonus time really and i'm just glad to have had the time but someone, i don't know if it was dominic cummings or whoever, decided i it was time to go and they must run the government and the way they wan

is that man so our international viewers that's dominic cummings who is like the blue sky sinker the man who got breaks it down for boris johnson he run the lead with bird johnson and michael carey he's friendship actually is much deeper with michael gave it goes. that many years bone microscope is going to have a huge role in an in hearts business to palm and i think a lot of you don't realize what tommy comes he's never been a member of the tory party he would be a member of any political party and the reason a lot of mates in the tory party he was brought into government just to get briggs it done he's latest big target is not going to be defense particularly because it's a basket case and has been to decades but that is typical personal think he will turn the civil service upside down and he will turn the tory party upside down well i'm sure no one from ministry of defense will deny what he said about procurement but vince you agree with cummings but yes and i think you know we have this caricature of tories as being right reece mark right but he's totally untypical for a minute surely i mean one of the relieved regard way

boris johnson seem to get on pretty well. their chemistry is pretty good. is this more about a personality clash between him and dominic cummingsery clear what he feels about changes that need to be made to the civil service and it's very obvious, he wants to control the message coming out on the government. centralising that in terms of the most powerful part of government, i suppose isn't a huge surprise. somewhat say maybe it's a good thing. 0n the other hand, boris johnson is the prime minister. he knows absolutely what is going on here. he would have sanctioned him. it could be a case of dominic cummings taking the flak. some people don't like how they went about. it means may be borisjohnson could rise above it. i don't think we should in any way think he wasn't com pletely we should in any way think he wasn't completely supportive of what is going on. i think they can be pretty ruthless if they want. the big thing is about the functioning of government. will this change ultimately make it work better or actually will it mean there's more acrimony and bad will swelling around whitehall and around the government? many than

named as the kind of architect of this is dominic cummings a name that is pretty familiar if you're watching a u.k. politics in the moment he's boris johnson's chief advisor a hugely divisive man in the u.k. and what he was asking of sajid javid is something that he couldn't accept and he resigned. sudan has signed a settlement deal with the families of american servicemen who were killed in the bombing of a u.s. warship 20 years ago 17 americans were killed when a suicide bombers rammed into the side of the u.s.s. cole in yemen sudan was accused of providing support to al qaida compensating the victims' families is the latest efforts in sudan's bid to be taken off the u.s. list of state sponsors of terrorism a century old effort to ensure quality in the u.s. constitution is on the verge of success of representatives is considering whether to extend the deadline that would allow the equal rights amendment to be added to the constitution if successful it would prohibit the government from denying equal rights to a person on the basis of their gender heidi jocasta reports. it's been 100 years since american women got the vote almost 50 since t

dominic cummings is a name i said before advisers are not always well known among the wider public. he is well known. is he effectively a lightening bolt for boris johnson cummings is the biggest dead cat of them all. dominic cummings is very much at the centre of the thinking behind the strategy, i would say. i think boris knows that he does owe a lot to cummings, from the leave campaign to his campaign to become prime minister. i think he does trust cummings‘ judgment and his judgment is the tories need to deliver on the manifesto and drive from the centre. it could be that it also just happened to agree philosophically on those two points but categorically, this is cummings‘ attitude and it seems to be the direction the government is heading. so he definitely does have power. thank you both very much, great to talk to. staying with politics. the mspjackson carlaw has been elected as leader of the scottish conservatives. he‘s been interim leader since the resignation of ruth davidson in august. he beat the only other candidate, michelle ballantyne. a key task ahead will be preparing the party for the scottish elections next year. it‘s, of course, vale

named as the kind of architect of this is dominic cummings a name that is pretty familiar if you will watching u.k. politics in the moment he's boris johnson's chief advisor a hugely divisive man in the u.k. and what he was asking of sajid javid is something that he can accept and he resigned a century old to enshrine gender equality in the us constitution has passed the 1st hurdle the house of representatives today approved extending a deadline that would allow the inclusion of the equal rights amendment to the constitution if passed in the senate it would prohibit the government from denying equal rights to a person on the basis of their gender heidi jocasta reports. it's been 100 years since american women got the vote almost 50 since they gained access to abortions but as for getting equal rights protection under the u.s. constitution the clock is still ticking why has it taken this long. you know it's a great question i find it very interesting heidi schreck is a pulitzer nominated playwright i thought i had just been left out of this document from the beginning her work what the constitution means to me tells the history of domestic vi

boris johnson does recognize that, along with donna conning's -- with dominic cummings, his chief advisorment needs to be seen to addressing those original advances. it is quite clear that infrastructure gets money, partly due to brexit come although the government won't say it. but if it works in the u.k., which i thing it will come other european countries should follows who. alix: are we at risk -- should follow through. alix: are we at risk at all of inflation down the road on the supply shock? i talked about that watch and the supply chain. how much more is that going to cost me, and how much does that filtering to the economy? david: central banks have to look through this. the data is going to be extremely noisy, so the signals on those ratios are going to be very low. they are going to a lot of estimates about what is going on , but you are absolutely right. supply chain complications will push up prices and wages. the central bikes have to take of you, is that a supply shock -- the central banks have to take a view, is that a supply shock? it seems complicated, but central banks

just the kind of architect of this is dominic cummings a name that is pretty familiar if you will watching the u.k. politics of the moment he's boris johnson the chief advisor a hugely divisive man in the u.k. and what he was asking of such a job it is something that he can accept and he resigned. the u.s. senate is set to vote on a resolution that because severely restrict president donald trump's ability to take military action on iran the war powers resolution would force donald trump to get congressional approval before he could order any military operations against the country it was introduced last month after trump ordered the strike that killed top iranian general cuss and cinema. as been vocally opposed to the resolution tweeting it's very important for our country's security that the united states senate is not vote for the iran war powers resolution we're doing very well with iran and this is not the time to show weakness and he says if my hands were tied iran would have a field day sends a very bad signal a white house correspondent kimberly hocket has more from washington. well the president is tweeting that this is going to s

ideals as espoused by boris johnson and leadership policies and ideals as espoused by borisjohnson and his huberfearor espoused by borisjohnson and his huber fear or dominic cummingss gone and in what the whole 48 hours later, he is featuring on mansion taxes which means a featuring on mansion taxes which meansa certain featuring on mansion taxes which means a certain demographic will be better off gesturing at the sunday telegraph... in the southeast of england where a5% have been incredibly high where this would have bitten, wouldn't it? it actually would have taken in a few more people than just the very rich, it would have taken in all sorts of people for example who bought their homes way back when, actually when the prices were not as high as they are now. it would have affected quite a lot of people but it seems as though the bean counter was counting beans and all of a sudden the pantry was open to everybody. the pantry on the ladder! and the other thing to mention is the reevaluation of counsel tax. millions would have had a high counsel tax. swept aside. millions would have had a high counseltax. swept aside. good news for everybody apparently! except th

cummings. is pretty familiar if you're watching a u.k. politics in a moment he's boris johnson's chief advisor a hugely divisive man in the u.k. and what he was asking of sajid javid is something that he can accept and he resigned so what does this mean then for british politics as it tries to negotiate its balls. you know relationship with the european union. yeah it's certainly a wobble at a precarious time for the u.k. in years gone by the resignation of chancellors of the exchequer how have we can promises so much so that i haven't really survive very long when when the. lows and resigned in $1809.00 it was a such a blow to margaret thatcher that she didn't last much longer. this time around this could actually strengthen boris johnson the man who's being parachuted into the job of chancery checa replacing cited job it is called richie soon as he is a brigadier he's a loyalist boris johnson he is probably going to do the changes that sajid javid wooden's making the chancellor of the exchequer a less powerful position he has also as a bret's it's unlikely to deviate much for a

cummings. the question is quite no apology? and i think the answer is in part because well, borisjohnson think the answer is in part because well, boris johnsonl, borisjohnson does not really do sorry but perhaps more importantly, because downing street isn't sorry. they are prepared to ta ke isn't sorry. they are prepared to take on so—called weirdos and misfits to see if they can challenge conventional thinking at westminster and challenge the westminster establishment which is why number ten does not want to be seen to be being browbeaten by the westminster village into apologising and why elsewhere, we've seen a number ten ready to square up to what it sees as the establishment, the bbc, the judiciary, or the house of lords. the risk though with that strategy as you can spend an awful lot of your time continually crossing the road to have a fist fight with some of the other residents of the westminster village, rather perhaps than getting on with what mrjohnson likes to call people ‘s priorities. norman, thank you. our top story this lunchtime: evacuations are under way in several counties in england and wales, as the risk of flooding con

ofeally made agreeing with boris johnson, being on message, sort of going along with his spending plans, and at the same time, there have been growing tensions between javid and cummingsing out into the press that javid was unhappy that certain spending decisions were being taken away from him. we have seen that come to a head over this issue of special advisors. two of javid's advisors were sacked in late summer when cummings was unhappy with them. we now have a changing of the guard in the chancellery. at the moment, less than a month before the new budget, and at a time when the country is making some pretty big tray decisions that will also impact revenues and expenditures. guy: the pound is up. there's excitation that the new chancellor does not have the authority to limit the purse strings. is that correct? therese: i think rishi sunak has been a rising star in the conservative party ever since june, when he wrote that "times" op-ed supporting johnson's bid to take over the party leadership, but he will not be seen as a strong, independent chancellor that perhaps javid was. he doesn't have the heft in the party quite yet. it would be very difficult for boris joh

cummings talking about, and calming use. do you think there is an issue with thinking and think about boris johnson, there is an issue with thinking into trouble for some of the things that he had said in the past. is it possible that they were happy with what they've added? i simply did not know they've added? i simply did not know the answer to that. i very much doubt it. boris johnson the answer to that. i very much doubt it. borisjohnson has said certain, made some comments which upset, ifind certain, made some comments which upset, i find that not acceptable what he has said. for example what he saw about muslim women. that is in his business. i don't think, i think it is unlikely that there is a lettering at the threshold as a result of that. following this, daily offensive area there will be a far tighter screening. there are vast numbers of highly talented people out there who had so much to offer the british government and the country. that don't have vcs. it's such a shame that one of the first ones data. lessons learned all around. do you think the episode has done any lasting damaged quiz night our lesson learned and m

boris johnson is happy about it. his jovial personality is coming into contrast with the killer instinct. this is a second bloodbath in a reshuffle. the only real beneficiary is cummingsis it good to have your chancellor of the exchequer sacked forced to resign because he turned on the screws. the person said no, i'm not going to go along with this. especially given the overnight lines, these are not the headlines today. vonnie: give us the blueprint in terms of policy what does this mean? , what does aside this mean for government spending and for other policies? >> markets are pretty happy about the news. obstacle ishat the out. and there will be lots of spending. now we are going to find out what it means to be a conservative in the budget. other pro business? austerity seems to be over. and who is running the budget? we are dealing with a guy who was willing and happy to have number 10 decide who of his senior advisers are going to be. what do you think of this? what is your assessment of the impact this is going to have on the gilt market? we do have a short position in guilt. we have seen gilt yield's higher. this is clearly personalities involved. javid was tha

sajid javid who resigned after borisjohnson, dominic from sajid javid who resigned after boris johnson, dominic cummingset rid of all of your advisers and we will tell you there will be. he said he not accepting it. he has a resignation statement in the commons immediately after pm cues. he will probably say how loyal he is and how great brexit is, but at the same time he is making a statement to and doing it because he wa nts to statement to and doing it because he wants to make a point, the one he made in his resignation letter, namely that boris johnson needs made in his resignation letter, namely that borisjohnson needs to be careful who he has around him. after that, we get a statement from the health secretary on the coronavirus. maybe we will get some clarity on the degree of confusion on how schools and other public body should respond. a bumper hour ahead then. we hope. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king. we have had some wintry showers today. 0ver we have had some wintry showers today. over the atlantic there is an area of low pressure gradually moving on. that will provid