Rishi Sunak vows to fix ‘mistakes’ made by Liz Truss in first speech as PM
by Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#653FR)
Sunak says UK is in economic crisis' and warns of difficult decisions to come' while heading off calls for general election
Rishi Sunak has used his first speech as prime minister to warn the UK is in the grips of an economic crisis" as he vowed to fix mistakes" made by Liz Truss and win back voters' trust.
Addressing the nation in a sombre tone and without the usual throng of supporters to clap the PM into No 10, Sunak warned there would be difficult decisions to come" in an attempt to regain economic stability and avoid mass borrowing mounting up.
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