"Mistakes", But... : UK PM Rishi Sunak's "Tribute" To Predecessor Liz Truss
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Liz Truss "was not wrong to want to improve growth in this country. It is a noble aim. And I admired her restlessness to create change. But some mistakes were made," Rishi Sunak said
New UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, among the first to pick holes in predecessor Liz Truss's economic plan, said today that while she made "mistakes", he admired her "restlessness to create changes". Ms Truss's plan -- based on massive unfunded tax cuts -- ultimately saw her out of office just 49 days after she took over.
In his first address to the people as the Prime Minister, Mr Sunak spoke of the "profound" economic crisis that the country is facing. " The aftermath of Covid still lingers. Putin's (Russian president Vladimir Putin) war destabilised supply chains..." he said.
"I want to pay tribute to my predecessor, Liz Truss. She was not wrong to want to improve growth in this country. It is a noble aim. And I admired her restlessness to create change. But some mistakes were made. Not born of ill will, or bad intentions. Quite the opposite, in fact, but mistakes nonetheless. And I have been elected as a leader of my party and your Prime Minister, in part, to fix them. And that work begins immediately," Rishi Sunak said.
Liz Truss had quit the top post after her plan for a mini-budget spooked the markets. "Given the situation, I cannot carry out the mandate for which I was elected," she had told the media.
