Newspaper headlines: 'Crisis cabinet' and 'kings can only get better'

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By BBC News
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"Leave it to me, Your Majesty" is the headline in The Daily Mail, which features a photograph of the new prime minister shaking hands with King Charles - marking the beginning of what the paper calls a "new dawn for Britain".

"Kings can only get better" declares Metro, alongside the same image. The Daily Express says Mr Sunak was "undaunted" and "resolute" as he set out his government's priorities yesterday.

The Sun praises his "humility", saying he was "measured, sensible and statesmanlike" and describing his debut speech as "skilful and pitch perfect".

According to The Daily Telegraph, Mr Sunak's cabinet reshuffle was aimed at "re-setting" the Conservative party, after what the paper calls Liz Truss's "calamitous" premiership.

The Express says Mr Sunak has "brought talented colleagues into his big tent". But Daily Mirror calls them "old cronies" who "made the mess in the first place".

The i describes the new top team as a "crisis cabinet", while The Times reports that the re-appointment of Suella Braverman as home secretary was an attempt to "appease" the Conservative Party's right wing.

But The Financial Times says the move "astonished some Tory MPs". According to The Guardian, Mr Sunak also "risks alienating backers of his leadership rival, Penny Mordaunt".

The Mail says Ms Mordaunt had "argued in vain that she deserved a promotion from her existing role" as Commons leader.

The paper quotes a source as saying she had "paid the price for continuing her leadership campaign long after it appeared lost" - but another says she was offered a promotion and turned it down.

The Telegraph reports that the prime minister's decision to keep Jeremy Hunt at the Treasury shows that the chancellor's economic approach "chimes with Mr Sunak's views".

However, the paper claims it's unclear whether the government's fiscal statement will be set out as planned on Monday.

According to The Times, Mr Sunak is considering delaying the announcement until next month "to allow more time to scrutinise the options".

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