Sunak speaks as prime minister for the first time: I'll fix Trus' mistakes

His predecessor's “alleged” and his “noble target” to improve economic growth in the UK, writes Skynews.

But, he added: Some mistakes were made, not born of bad will or bad intentions -- quite the opposite in fact -- but mistakes anyway”.

After climbing Downing Street without any supporters present and with a serious face, Sunnak repeated his comments yesterday, saying: “currently our country is facing a deep economic crisis”.

He warned that they would come “difficult decisions”, but pledged to approach problems with “and compassion” and said that “would not leave the next generation... with a debt to resolve that we were too weak to pay ourselves”.