the Chancellor Sajid Javid has resigned
suddenly in the middle of the Prime
Minister's reshuffle Boris Johnson said
he wanted him to stay on but ordered him
to fire his entire team of advisors mr.
Javid refused to do that
saying no self-respecting Minister could
accept such a condition he's walked out
of his job just four weeks before he was
due to deliver his first budget and was
quickly replaced by his deputy at the
Treasury 39 year-old Rishi sunic he is
our political editor and aura keansburg
how tight is number Ten's grip on power
the reshuffle billed as just another day
officials huddling to make sure it's all
in order so judge avid expected to keep
his number eleven home but then he
turned it down because the PM said he
could see he wanted him to stay but he
would he had to replace his whole team
of advisers for a moment it wasn't quite
clear what was going on taking an
unexpected turn I'm just tearing their
Soviet rap and what do you make of a
Chancellor having to resign Dominic Rab
number 10 had demanded mr. Javid sack
his own team in return for keeping his
job a loss of influence he wouldn't wear
to the man who'd been the second most
important person in the government
returned home to West London with a
rucksack not a red box the conditions
that were attached was a requirement
that I replace all my political advisors
you know these are people that have
worked incredibly hard on behalf of not
just the government for the whole
country done a fantastic job I was
unable to accept those conditions I
don't believe any self-respecting
Minister would accept such conditions
and so therefore I thought the best
thing to do was to go where those
conditions imposed by mr. kuhmo those
were the conditions requested by the
Prime Minister and that was of course
his prerogative and as I say that my
successor has my full support
so walking in in his place a rising star
in Tori circles you expecting a
promotion today widely tips is on the
way up have absolutely no idea but wishy
sooner can aware first thing this
morning just how high he was about to
soar pleasure to be part of the
government emerging as a brand new
chancellor but has number 11 become an
annex of the prime minister number 10
aid the start of the day that followed a
more predictable script while workmen
were shuffling an actual cabinet around
Parliament the Prime Minister was there
to do the firings before the hirings
Andrea led some tight-lipped after she
lost the cabinet seat she'd held for
years mr. McVeigh slips in early to be
booted out from housing Julian Smith who
got the government in Northern Ireland
back up and running was axed I think my
positions up to the Prime Minister
it's called we shall enjoy the nice
weather that we have today Jacob Riis
MOG and his chalk stripes hang on as
leader of the house along with plenty of
other serving ministers and Murray
Trevelyan Northumberland MP and former
defense minister becomes the boss of the
department for international development
Oliver dived in the new culture
secretary who had been at the cabinet
office the government machine six
entrance to the cabinet got new jobs
today but the neighborly trouble between
numbers 10 and 11 is the biggest
headline of all this was meant to be a
moderate move along not much to see kind
of reshuffle not a bit of it the
departure of the Chancellor is a huge
event a huge moment for any government
but this time it represents something
else a sign of a number-10 but wants
total dominance to be in complete
control Boris Johnson's team is adamant
this is no para grab they just want less
friction at the top this is a Downing
Street operation though that will not
hesitate to clip almost anyone's wings
lawrenceburg BBC News Downey Street
tonight in his resignation letter mr.
Javid pointedly urged the prime minister
to ensure the Treasury retained as much
credibility as possible and he said it
was important that leaders had people
around them who could give clear and
candid advice our economics editor
Faisal Islam looks now at the tensions
between the prime minister the former
Chancellor and the challenges that await
his successor it's only two days since
the prime minister and his then
Chancellor joined forces to back
high-speed rail in Birmingham Sajid
Javid job had been guaranteed but he
didn't look too comfortable as a
relationship between number 10 and 11
was itself coming off the track partly
because number 10 wants other hardhats
hive is big spend moments exactly like
this beginning at the budget in a
month's time famously the son of a bus
driver this Chancellor never got to use
his budget red box you spoke to the BBC
though about how a stalling economy
could be boosted by spending you've now
got this pro-business government that's
investing in infrastructure which is
what businesses want to see that's why
I'm standing in a bus depot today but
exactly how much investment is the issue
mr. Javed's new rules on borrowing have
meant the Treasury having to consider
tax rises to fund some of the extra
spend there is nothing abnormal about
the Treasury having a tense relationship
with
other parts of government it is the very
job of this institution to say no even
to a Prime Minister and his aides on
issues of Finance so it's impossible not
to see today's extraordinary
developments in the context of number 10
asserting itself over number 11 at a
time when he wants to spend and borrow
more and that raises key questions of
credibility for the newly promoted
Chancellor so who is Rishi sunic he's
just 39 years old and married to the
daughter of an Indian IT billionaire he
made a fortune of his own before going
into politics he got his first job in
government just two years ago as a
junior minister before moving to the
Treasury now his Chancellor in control
of the nation's finances he could now
loosen the borrowing constraints he's
inherited you look at people like the
IFS respected think Prime Minister such
a found that he chose him as standing in
last year's noisy election TV debates
then Chancellor shared a trip to see the
new Star Wars film with his deputy and
now replacement mr. Javid did win some
epic battles against top aides of the PM
today number 10 strikes back Faisal
Islam
BBC News so Julian Smith who has been
widely acclaimed for his work as
Northern Ireland secretary was one of
those who was sacked in the reshuffle
mr. Smith was appointed just seven
months ago and oversaw a monumental
talks process the led to the Northern
Ireland parties agreeing a deal to
restore a power-sharing government at
Stormont after three years of deadlock
he'll be replaced by the former security
minister Brandon Lewis this report from
our Ireland correspondent Chris page
contains some flashing images the home
of Northern Ireland's devolved
government is bright and busy again but
the man who see instalment couldn't see
if his old job just five weeks ago
Julian Smith challenged politicians to
bring back devolution we have never
ignored the issues are difficult and
that reaching agreement would be easy
but now is decision time
that characteristic straight-talking
worked the local parties returned to the
power sharing table when Boris Johnson
visited a few days later he
congratulated his Minister he's done a
great job and he certainly has a bright
future but mr. Smith had differences
with the Prime Minister not least over
brexit this morning he was trying to
hold on so I enjoy serving the people
known and we've done a lot of really
good stuff there's a lot more to do
after his sacking there's been an
unusual chorus of political prisoner
Northern Ireland secretary holders of
the job don't tend to be popular but
Julian Smith has generated real respect
for what he's achieved here the Stormont
First Minister Arlene Foster of the
Democratic Unionist Party said his
dedication to the rule was incredible
Irish nationalist politicians dude often
get on with conservatives but they did
with this one it's not like me to be on
praising a Tory Secretary of State but
he's a good man somebody cared about
this place and work hard we had our
disagreements but we were able to work
well together I think he was the best
second of state we've seen in a decade
actually on child abuse survivors
thanked mr. Smith for setting up a
compensation scheme they'd waited years
for it so Chris actually we're very very
angry that such a man of his integrity
could be put out of his job you know
that Norden Aaron who came upon is one
of our own
noid this man's taking charge of the
Northern Ireland office one of the many
sensitive issues Brandon Lewis will face
is the question of high unsought
killings from the troubles should be
investigated Chris page BBC News Belfast
let's get more now from Laura in
Westminster let's talk about the the
resignation of the Chancellor how much
of a power grab by number 10 is this
well so if it's interesting if a couple
of weeks ago someone had told me that
Sajid Javid was going to be booted out
in the reshuffle well I wouldn't have
been that surprised there were pretty
well advertised tensions between the
teams at number 10 and 11 but that
wasn't the expectation when the
reshuffle began this morning not at all
and the way it's unfolded has been
something of a surprise and I think
that's what's really significant about
this is this a desire
for number 10 they just don't see it
that way is it on the other hand some
kind of deliberate sinister masterstroke
where they were trying deliberately to
get rid of the Chancellor well I don't
think it was that either
number 10 seems genuinely to have been
hopeful that Sajid Javid would have said
yes to this plan that would have clipped
his wings got rid of some of his
advisors but allowed him to stay on in a
very top job but he also had a sense
that this might be coming until he
talked about this with friends in the
last couple of days and he was pretty
clear that he might have to walk so
number 10 did not actually get their way
straightforwardly in terms of
deliberately showing him the door and
what I think we can take away from that
as it shows today Downing Street made a
political choice to put control over
keeping personnel that the Prime
Minister genuinely valued now in the
short term medium term that might mean
they have a more pliant neighbor next
door although I don't think Rishi soon
ak will be anything like a pushover it
might make it easier for them to keep
the promises that they've made so
publicly but it also runs the risk of
creating bad blood inside the Tory Party
about just how this Downing Street
operation is really behaving because
decisiveness is one thing being ruthless
for the sake of it quite another