The new leader of the Conservative Party, Rishi Sunak, was this Tuesday appointed British Prime Minister by King Charles III, after the resignation of Liz Truss.
The monarch invited Sunak to form a new government as leader of the party with the parliamentary majority and in Downing Street he makes his first speech as the new head of the British government.
Rishi Sunak said that he accepted the invitation of King Charles III to form a government and began his speech by noting that the country is facing a “deep economic crisis”, referring to the consequences that still linger from the Covid-19 pandemic and the effects of the war. in Ukraine on the markets.
He praised his predecessor by stating that Liz Truss was right to want to improve the country’s growth, but admitted that “some mistakes were made” during the previous executive. She said she was elected prime minister to “correct” these wrongs.
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