What's Rishi Sunak trying to achieve with his rejigged cabinet?
This Is Why
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4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
After sacking Nadhim Zahawi, he's given Greg Hands the job of Conservative Party chair - and some key government departments have had their briefs changed.
On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson asks our deputy political editor Sam Coates about what the prime minister is trying to achieve with the changes and what it tells us about his priorities and why changing government departments can backfire.
Producer: Soila Apparicio
Junior Producer: Charlie Bell
Promotions Producer: David Chipakupaku
Editor: Paul Stanworth
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| 1:05.3 | Welcome to the Daily. I'm Neil Patterson. And let's begin with an admission. |
| 1:16.0 | Some days, even for me, there is simply too much news around. |
| 1:19.6 | And Tuesday the 7th of February was certainly one of those. |
| 1:23.1 | So you'll be forgiven for not noticing, or perhaps even caring, |
| 1:25.1 | about the day's events and politics. |
| 1:27.3 | Let's help you pass you in the next election. Then you're another reshuffle and don't grab gets that. |
| 1:31.3 | But a lot has been happening as Rishi Sunak tries to shape Whitehall in his own image. |
| 1:38.3 | I think what we need to do is deliver for the country. |
| 1:40.3 | At the beginning of this year I set out five priorities to halve inflation, |
| 1:45.2 | grow the economy, reduce debt, cut waiting lists and to stop the boats. The changes to government |
| 1:50.6 | I've announced today will help us deliver on those promises for the British people. |
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