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New Conservative party leader to meet King Charles at Buckingham Palace.

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and welcoming the accession of His Majesty King Charles III. In just a short period, this government has acted urgently and decisively on the side of ...

It is because we do not dare that they are difficult.” I look forward to spending more time in my constituency, and continuing to serve South West Norfolk from the backbenches. and I wish Rishi Sunak every success, for the good of our country. And we must continue to strengthen our nation’s defences. We must be able to outcompete autocratic regimes, where power lies in the hands of a few. From my time as Prime Minister, I am more convinced than ever we need to be bold and confront the challenges that we face.

Rishi Sunak, a former finance minister and hedge-fund manager, comes to office with some of the harshest economic headwinds Britain has faced in a ...

He called for “stability and unity” — the opposite of the tumult and divisions that characterized Truss’s tenure. Labour Party lawmaker Angela Rayner decried Sunak’s accession as a coronation and that the Tories could not “keep doling out prime ministers every month.” Labour leader He will also seek to unite his warring and unpopular Conservative Party, which, he warned, must “unite or die.” She closed with: “We continue to battle through a storm but I believe in Britain, I believe in the British people and I know that brighter days lie ahead.” The contest to replace Truss was wrapped up surprisingly fast — it was less than a week ago that she resigned. Tory grandee Iain Duncan Smith, a former leader of the Conservative Party, told LBC radio that Johnson found himself “struggling and begging people for votes. Then she was driven by motorcade to Buckingham Palace, and she resigned in person to the new king, Charles III. The incoming prime minister Sunak followed — and Charles asked him to form a new government. As the Roman philosopher Seneca wrote, ‘it is not that things are difficult that we do not dare, it’s because we do not dare, that it is difficult.’ ” She stumbled somewhat over Seneca’s name. “It means lower taxes so people can keep more of the money they earn. “We need to take advantage of our Brexit freedoms to do things differently. “From my time as prime minister, I am more convinced than ever that we need to be bold and confront the challenges we face.

Outgoing PM tells successor he should continue cutting taxes and keep planned rise in defence spending.

The outgoing prime minister said she was “more convinced than ever we need to be bold and confront the challenges we face” – saying she still believed in lower taxes and strengthening the nation’s defences. Flanked by her aides and supporters on one side and husband and two children on the other, Truss wished Sunak “every success” before she was whisked away in a car to Buckingham Palace to formally tender her resignation to the king. [Rishi Sunak](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/rishi-sunak), to “be bold” as she laid down the gauntlet by suggesting he should continue cutting taxes and keep the planned rise in defence spending.