The struggle over the government’s fiscal rules boils over

With his very public intervention, coming just 14 days before the Budget on 11 March, Sajid Javid has heaped pressure on No 10 not to ditch his framework of fiscal discipline, writes economics editor Ben Chu

Is there more pressure on the prime minister or his new chancellor? (Getty)

We already knew why he went.

Sajid Javid resigned as chancellor two weeks ago because he refused to accept the demand of Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings that his own advisors should be answerable to Number 10 Downing Street, not to him.

And in his first speech in the House of Commons since his resignation, Javid made that clear before MPs on Wednesday.