Rishi Sunak officially becomes UK PM after meeting King Charles
On Tuesday, October 25, Rishi Sunak became the UK Prime Minister after a meeting with King
Charles III.
It has been the tradition of the monarch to
invite the leader of the party with the highest number of MPs to form a
government. Since the 2019 election, the conservatives have always been
invited.
In his speech outside 10 Downing street after
the meeting, Sunak said: "Our country is facing a profound economic
crisis. The aftermath of Covid still lingers, Putin’s war in Ukraine has
destabilized energy markets and supply chains the world over."
He
paid tribute to his predecessor Liz Truss, who he said was "not
wrong" to want to improve U.K. growth.
He
said, "some mistakes were made," not "borne of ill will or
bad intentions" but "mistakes nonetheless" and he had been
elected "in part to fix them."
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He
added: "I will place economic stability and confidence at the heart of the
government’s agenda. This will mean difficult decisions to come. But you saw me
during Covid doing everything I could to protect people and businesses with
schemes like furlough. There are always limits, more so than ever, but I promise
you this. I will bring that same compassion to the challenges we face
today."
Sunak
is now expected to begin appointing new cabinet figures in yet another
reshuffle at the top of British politics.
Following the resignation of
Truss on Thursday, October 20, he was elected party leader by fellow
Conservative lawmakers on Monday. With his appointment, he becomes the third
Prime Minister the UK will have within a year.
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