British PM Boris Johnson appoints Iraq-born Nadhim Zahawi as finance minister, replacing Rishi Sunak, who quit in protest over Johnson's handling of a sexual misconduct scandal
Sunak said “the public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously. ”
Johnson has been hit by allegations he failed to come clean about a lawmaker who was appointed to a senior position despite claims of sexual misconduct. Minutes before the resignations of Javid and Sunak were announced, Johnson said Pincher should have been fired from the government after a previous 2019 incident.
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