Sunak Says Britain Faces ‘Profound Economic Challenge’ In First Brief Address

Incoming Rishi Sunak, in his first speech, has said the UK is currently facing profound economic challenges

 

Newsonline reports that the incoming Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, on Monday evening, said the UK is currently facing profound economic challenges and pledged to serve with integrity and humility.

He spoke in his first public speech after being declared leader of the governing Conservative Party and soon-to-be prime minister.

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“There is no doubt we face a profound economic challenge,” Sunak said. “We now need stability and unity, and I will make it my utmost priority to bring our party and our country together.”

“But there is no doubt we face a profound economic challenge. We now need stability and unity. And I will make it my utmost priority to bring our party and our country together.

 

“Because that is the only way we will overcome the challenges we face and build a better, more prosperous future for our children and our grandchildren,” he said.

Sunak added: “I pledge that I will serve you with integrity and humility, and I will work day in, day out, to deliver for the British people.”

 

The incoming PM stated that “It is the greatest privilege of my life to be able to serve the party I love and give back to the country I owe so much to.”

 

Rishi Sunak was announced as the leader of Britain’s Conservative Party on Monday 24 October 2022 afternoon following Liz Truss’s resignation on Thursday 20, October 2022, after a turbulent 44-day tenure in office as British Prime Minister.

Sunak was selected as the Conservative candidate for Richmond (Yorks) in October 2014, defeating Wendy Morton. The seat was previously held by William Hague, a former leader of the party, Foreign Secretary, and First Secretary of State.

In the same year, Sunak was head of the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Research Unit of center-right think tank Policy Exchange, for which he co-wrote a report on BME communities in the UK.

He was elected as MP for the constituency at the 2015 general election with a majority of 19,550 (36.2%).