Full autumn statement to be held on 17 November instead of Halloween fiscal event

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Labour has been granted an urgent question in the Commons later on Wednesday, with the party due to ask the home secretary Suella Braverman to make a statement on her resignation and reappointment.

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The shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper will ask Braverman “to make a statement on her resignation and reappointment as home secretary”.

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The Commons will hear the question after PMQ this lunchtime.

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The Treasury has announced that the fiscal statement, originally planned for 31 October, has now been delayed until 17 November.

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Prime Minister @RishiSunak & Chancellor @Jeremy_Hunt have agreed the Autumn Statement will be delivered on 17 November with an @OBR_UK forecast. It will contain the UK’s medium term fiscal plan to put public spending on a sustainable footing, get debt falling & restore stability. pic.twitter.com/3wiSAU1iaK

— HM Treasury (@hmtreasury) October 26, 2022

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The shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has written to the cabinet secretary, Simon Case, to demand an investigation into Suella Braverman after she breached the ministerial code.

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Braverman was forced to resign for a security breach for emailing confidential policy to a backbench MP, John Hayes, and trying to copy in his wife but mistakenly emailing it to another MP’s office. Officials raised alarm that Braverman may have been sharing sensitive information outside the department.

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Cooper wrote:

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If a full investigation has not yet taken place into the extent of this and other possible security breaches, I am urging you and the Home Office to now urgently undertake such an investigation as the public has a right to know that there are proper secure information procedures in place to cover the person who has been given charge of our national security.

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It must include the extent of the Home Secretary’s use of private email accounts to circulate Government papers and the extent to which official documents have been sent outside Government, as well as any other concerns that have been raised about possible serious information and security breaches by Suella Braverman.

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The Lib Dems have also called for a Cabinet Office inquiry into Braverman.

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The Liberal Democrats have called for a Cabinet Office inquiry into Rishi Sunak’s reappointment of Suella Braverman as home secretary six days after she was sacked for a serious security breach.

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The Lib Dem home affairs spokesperson, Alistair Carmichael, said:

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Suella Braverman’s appointment makes a mockery of Rishi Sunak’s claims to be bringing integrity to Number 10. There must be a full independent inquiry by the Cabinet Office into her appointment, including any promises Sunak made to her behind closed doors.

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If it is confirmed that Suella Braverman repeatedly broke the ministerial code and threatened national security, she must be sacked.

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A home secretary who broke the rules is not fit for a Home Office which keeps the rules.

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Labour’s shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, yesterday accused Sunak, who had promised to govern with “integrity”, of “putting party before country”.

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At noon Rishi Sunak promised “integrity, professionalism & accountability”

At 5pm he made Suella Braverman Home Secretary, 1wk after she resigned for Ministerial Code breach/security lapse

He put party before country. Security is too important for this irresponsible Tory chaos https://t.co/AU9OmMnn9T

— Yvette Cooper (@YvetteCooperMP) October 25, 2022

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The foreign secretary James Cleverly has suggested the fiscal statement planned for 31 October could be delayed as Rishi Sunak wants to ensure it “matches his priorities”.

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Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Cleverly said:

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Obviously the date of that fiscal statement was originally set with no expectation of a change of prime minister. We’ve now had a change of prime minister.

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Sunak is in the process of forming a government and will want some time with his chancellor Jeremy Hunt “to make sure that the fiscal statement matches his priorities”, he continued. He said:

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I don’t know whether that means that date is going to slip… The prime minister and the chancellor know they need to work quickly on this but they also want to get it right, so we’ll see what happens to that date.

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'The Prime Minister and Chancellor know they need to work quickly on this but they also want to get it right'

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly spoke to #BBCBreakfast about whether there will be a delay to the planned financial statement due on Mondayhttps://t.co/ziVdOaYwO7 pic.twitter.com/n2qHAUQfnv

— BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) October 26, 2022

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He was also unable to confirm whether the government’s financial statement will go ahead on Monday while speaking to Sky News. He said:

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We know it needs to come soon, we know people want certainty, we know people want a clear idea of the government’s plans. Whether it happens exactly on that day, I’m not able to confirm.

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Rishi Sunak is considering a delay to next week’s highly anticipated fiscal statement intended for 31 October, according to a report.

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The Times has reported that the prime minister is expected to meet the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, today to discuss his proposals to increase taxes and squeeze public spending that are due to be unveiled to MPs and markets on Monday.

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Sunak is considering postponing the update until next month to allow more time to scrutinise the options, the paper writes.

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The statement could be pushed back and turned into a full budget to set out the new government’s priorities for all areas of tax and spending, it adds.

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A government source said that while Sunak was across the “broad thrust” of Hunt’s plans, he wanted to “get under the bonnet” of the options. They said:

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The prime minister and chancellor will be looking at the timing of the statement in the near future.

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Rishi Sunak’s sudden return to the top of British politics and the unveiling of his new cabinet dominates the UK front pages on Wednesday.

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The Guardian headlines “PM’s reshuffle gamble on first day in charge” and leads with an image of Rishi Sunak meeting King Charles at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.

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The paper writes that Sunak “pledged to bring ‘integrity and accountability’” but “gambled by restoring Suella Braverman to the Home Office less than a week after she was sacked for a security breach.”

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Guardian front page, Wednesday 26 October 2022: PM’s reshuffle gamble on first day in charge pic.twitter.com/IzkeKEFUfw

— The Guardian (@guardian) October 25, 2022

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Read the full story here:

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Good morning. Rishi Sunak will meet with his new cabinet this morning and face his first Commons appearance as prime minister, as he begins the gruelling task of uniting his party and restoring the country’s economic credibility.

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As he entered No 10 yesterday as PM, the fifth in six years, Sunak vowed to fix the “mistakes” of his predecessor Liz Truss and pledged to bring “integrity and accountability” into his government. His cabinet reshuffle was billed as returning experienced hands to the top jobs, but Sunak gambled by restoring Suella Braverman to the Home Office less than week after she was forced to resign for a security breach.

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Sunak’s new cabinet keeps Jeremy Hunt as chancellor and attempts bridge the divide with former Boris Johnson supporters by sticking with the foreign secretary, James Cleverly, and the defence secretary, Ben Wallace.

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Dominic Raab, Sunak’s own key ally who described Truss’s economics as a suicide note, becomes his deputy prime minister and justice secretary.

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However, Sunak made several decisions that alarmed some MPs, as he reappointed Braverman as home secretary and declined to promote his former rival Penny Mordaunt. He also appointed David TC Davies as Welsh secretary despite his controversial comments on subjects including face veils, trans rights, child refugees, climate change and same-sex marriage.

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Braverman, who still harbours her own leadership ambitions, was handed the job six days after she was forced to resign for a security breach for emailing confidential policy to a backbench MP, John Hayes, and trying to copy in his wife but mistakenly emailing it to another MP’s office. Officials raised alarm that Braverman may have been sharing sensitive information outside the department.

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The return of Braverman, a Eurosceptic rightwinger, drew a shocked reaction from some MPs on the moderate wing of the party – but is widely seen as a “payback” for her endorsement of Sunak when Johnson still threatened a comeback during the leadership race last week.

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09.30am. Sunak will hold his first cabinet meeting.

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09.45am. Home affairs committee on Channel crossings, which is due to hear from David Neal, the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration.

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12pm. PMQs

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2.15pm. Treasury committee hearing on the Autumn 2022 fiscal events.

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My name is Léonie Chao-Fong and I’ll be taking you through today’s developments in British politics for the next few hours. Feel free to drop me a message if you have anything to flag, you can reach me on Twitter or via email.

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