New chancellor Zahawi can only hope to 'steady the ship'

Following Sunak resignation

Elliot Gulliver-Needham
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The best that new chancellor Nadhim Zahawi can hope for is to “help steady the ship until the global economic storm has passed”, as the industry responds to the recent spate of resignations threatening Boris Johnson's premiership.

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