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Rishi Sunak delegated as new Chancellor after Sajid Javid resigns facing the UK’s Cabinet reshuffle

On Thursday, UK's finance minister Sajid Javid surprisingly quit as tensions stirred between his team and Johnson's top advisers. Later, Downing Street called a routine reshuffle of ministers. Rishi Sunak is designated as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Sunak is 39-year-old, and former Goldman Sachs banker, who became a member of parliament for the overseeing Conservative Party in 2015. He had been shifted for advancement on Thursday after a fast-ascent through government ranks. Sunak had been working as Javid's deputy in the finance ministry. However, barely a few anticipated that Brexit-supporting Oxford graduate would climb to perhaps the highest office of the fifth-largest economy.

Son of a GP and pharmacist from Southampton; in 2009, Sunak wedded Akshata, the daughter of an Indian businessman, and philanthropist Narayana Murthy, the co-founder of Infosys.

Javid's emphasis on adhering to his fiscal standards of adjusting the present account budget by the middle of the following parliament and constraining borrowing for foundation to 3% of GDP is accepted to have been the reason for pressures with 10 Downing Street, where Boris Johnson was anxious to pour more money into significant construction projects to spur the economy.

Sunak takes control at a crucial point for Britain's $2.7 trillion (£2.08 trillion) economy. He is expected to steer the economy through the process of leaving the European Union and the generation of new trade ties that will determine Britain's new association with the world, The Independent reported.

Article Credit: The Independent/ Reuters

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