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| Truss out, Sunak in as UK PM | Truss out, Sunak in as UK PM |
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| King Charles III has requested a new government be formed | King Charles III has requested a new government be formed |
| Rishi Sunak met with King Charles III on Tuesday and was proclaimed the new UK prime minister, right after the monarch accepted the resignation of Liz Truss. | Rishi Sunak met with King Charles III on Tuesday and was proclaimed the new UK prime minister, right after the monarch accepted the resignation of Liz Truss. |
| The King has formally requested that Tory leader Sunak form a government. | The King has formally requested that Tory leader Sunak form a government. |
| Truss announced her resignation last week after spending just 44 days in office, becoming the country’s shortest-serving PM. She stepped down after coming under pressure for proposing unpopular economic measures aimed at mitigating soaring inflation and the cost-of-living crisis. Sunak, a former finance minister, was then selected by the ruling Conservative Party to replace her. | Truss announced her resignation last week after spending just 44 days in office, becoming the country’s shortest-serving PM. She stepped down after coming under pressure for proposing unpopular economic measures aimed at mitigating soaring inflation and the cost-of-living crisis. Sunak, a former finance minister, was then selected by the ruling Conservative Party to replace her. |
| “In just a short period, this government has acted urgently and decisively on the side of hardworking families and businesses,” Truss said in her farewell speech. | “In just a short period, this government has acted urgently and decisively on the side of hardworking families and businesses,” Truss said in her farewell speech. |
| “From my time as prime minister, I am more convinced than ever we need to be bold and confront the challenges that we face.” | “From my time as prime minister, I am more convinced than ever we need to be bold and confront the challenges that we face.” |
| In his first speech as PM, Sunak recognized that the previous government had made “some mistakes” in its efforts to fight the economic crisis. | |
| “[Mistakes] not born of ill will or bad intentions – quite the opposite in fact – but mistakes nonetheless. And I have been elected as leader of my party and your prime minister, in part, to fix them,” he said. | |
| “I will place economic stability and confidence at the heart of this government’s agenda,” Sunak stated. | |
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