PM vow to fix 'mistakes'

NEW Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vowed to fix the mistakes” of Liz Truss’s leadership as he braced the nation for difficult decisions” ahead.

The freshly appointed Conservative leader warned the UK is facing a profound economic crisis” in his first speech after being asked to form a Government by the King.

Over an hour after Ms Truss defended her botched economic strategy in her farewell speech from the Downing Street, Mr Sunak stood outside No 10 criticising her brief and chaotic tenure.

Mr Sunak said his predecessor, whose 49 days in office made her the shortest-lasting PM in history, was not wrong” to want to drive up growth, describing it as a noble aim”

“But some mistakes were made. Not born of ill will or bad intentions quite the opposite in fact. But mistakes nonetheless,’ he added. I’ve been elected as leader of my party and your Prime Minister in part to fix them and that work begins immediately.”