Rishi Sunak says that he has been elected in part to fix the mistakes made by his predecessor Liz Truss. The former Chancellor said that errors made by Liz Truss were not borne of "ill will" but that difficult decisions now lie ahead.
Speaking in Downing Street after a meeting with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace, Mr Sunak pledged that he would deliver on the 2019 Conservative Party manifesto that a majority of voters at the last general election backed. Mr Sunak said: "I want to pay tribute to Liz Truss.
"She was not wrong to try to increase growth in this country. It is a noble aim and I admired her restlessness to create change.