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Rishi Sunak may delay the highly-anticipated financial statement due on Halloween, a Cabinet minister has suggested, as he defended Suella Braverman's return as Home Secretary.
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly hinted on Wednesday that the new prime minister may put back the medium-term fiscal plan so he can ensure it "matches his priorities".
Cleverly argued that a "short delay" to the plan and independent forecasts that had been brought forward to calm the spooked financial markets would not be a "bad thing at all".
The foreign secretary also sought to justify the criticised re-appointment of Braverman to the role she was forced to quit from last week over a breach of the ministerial code.
He argued that she has now apologised for a "mistake" after sharing an official document and denied her re-appointment was part of a deal to buy Sunak her support for the Tory leadership.
By Sam Blewett and Sophie Wingate, PA Political Staff
source: PA
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