Governing a party in crisis at the polls and with prospects of recession leading Britain out of the turmoil of a financial crisis that has already sunk a truce government. That’s the hard work he’s called to Rishi SunakThe billionaire’s new tenant Downing Street who conquered the leadership of the Tories after the exits of his 2 challengers. a rematch after Truss damaged in last month’s runoff.
Just a year ago – when Boris Johnson’s career was coming to a close – his rise seemed certain. Sunak’s popularity stems from leading a £350bn state aid scheme for businesses and individuals affected by the lockdown.
Truss congratulates the new prime minister on being named « leader of the Conservative Party and our neighbor Prime Minister», expressing his “full support” on Twitter.
Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon also congratulated him, pledging to work with him “despite our political differences”. A commitment to cooperation that he did not express to the former prime minister, he recalls sky News.
Sturgeon then suggested to Sunak that he “call an early general election” and “not impose another round of austerity. Our public services will not resist. And she concluded: “Scotland needs independence”.
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