New prime minister Rishi Sunak has said he will “deliver on the promise” of the Conservative party’s 2019 manifesto, promising to deliver “better schools”.
Speaking outside No 10 Downing Street after becoming the country’s third prime minister in seven weeks, Sunak warned of “difficult decisions to come”.
He admitted “mistakes were made” by the Truss-led government, and vowed to put “economic stability and confidence at the heart of this government’s agenda”.
The previous administration was planning to ask government departments to cut between 10 and 15 per cent of their capital budgets, and 2 per cent savings in revenue budgets.
