Tuesday was a historic day for the United Kingdom, which got its first ever non-white Prime Minister in Rishi Sunak, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Britain’s youngest UK Prime Minister in recent times. Rishi Sunak first reaction after taking charge as UK PM.
Rishi Sunak took charge as the next UK Prime Minister on Tuesday. In his first address as the UK PM, Rishi Sunak said that he will place economic stability and confidence at the heart of his government’s agenda. “This will mean difficult decisions to come,” Rishi Sunak said. Delivering his first speech as PM at 10 Downing Street, Rishi Sunak said, “Right now our country is facing a profound economic crisis.
The aftermath of Covid-19 still lingers and Putin’s war in Ukraine has destabilized energy supply chains the world over.” Talking about his predecessor Liz Truss, who resigned after being in office for 45-days, Rishi Sunak said, “She was not wrong to improve growth in the country. It is a noble aim. But some mistakes were made, not borne of ill will or bad intention, but mistakes nonetheless.”
“I have been elected as your United Kingdom Prime Minister in part to fix them. And that work commences immediately. I will place economic stability and confidence at the heart of this government’s agenda. This will mean difficult decisions to come,” Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday. “But you saw me during Covid doing everything I could to protect people and businesses with schemes like furlough.
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There are always limits more so now than ever. But I promise you this I will bring that same compassion to the challenges we face today. The government I lead will not leave the next generation, your children and grandchildren, with a debt to settle that we were too weak to pay ourselves,” Rishi Sunak said.
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