Lockdown Parties Damaged Public Trust In Government: UK's Rishi Sunak
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UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak, however, dismissed talk of him replacing Boris Johnson and said the Prime Minister had always told the truth about the (lockdown) parties.
UK's Indian-origin Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said that the raging controversy over Downing Street parties has damaged public trust in the government, but insisted that Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is facing growing calls for his resignation, has his "full support."
Sunak, who dismissed talk of him replacing Johnson, said that the Prime Minister had always told the truth about the parties, the BBC reported.
"Yes, of course he does. He is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom," Sunak, 41, said.
"Yes, I think it has. I can appreciate people's frustration. And I think it's now the job of all of us in government, all politicians, to restore people's trust," Sunak said this week when asked whether parties held in violation of COVID-19 lockdown rules had damaged the public's confidence in the government.
