British prime minister Liz Truss has appointed former foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt as the new chancellor of the Exchequer after she dramatically sacked Kwasi Kwarteng.
The choice of Mr Hunt, a prominent backer of her rival Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership contest, will be seen as an attempt to restore stability after weeks of turmoil in the wake of Mr Kwarteng’s mini-budget.
Earlier, Mr Kwarteng was summoned back early from the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington to be told of his fate in a brief meeting with Ms Truss in No 10.
