Good morning.
I have just been to Buckingham Palace and accepted His Majesty The King's invitation to form a government in his name.
It is only right to explain why I am standing here as your new Prime Minister. Right now our country is facing a profound economic crisis.
The aftermath of Covid still lingers. Putin's war in Ukraine has destabilised energy markets and supply chains the world over.
I want to pay tribute to my predecessor Liz Truss she was not wrong to want to improve growth in this country it is a noble aim.
And I admired her restlessness to create change. But some mistakes were made. Not borne of ill will or bad intentions.
Quite the opposite, in fact. But mistakes nonetheless. And I have been elected as leader of my party, and your Prime Minister, in part, to fix them.
And that work begins immediately.
I have just been to Buckingham Palace and accepted His Majesty The King's invitation to form a government in his name.
It is only right to explain why I am standing here as your new Prime Minister. Right now our country is facing a profound economic crisis.
The aftermath of Covid still lingers. Putin's war in Ukraine has destabilised energy markets and supply chains the world over.
I want to pay tribute to my predecessor Liz Truss she was not wrong to want to improve growth in this country it is a noble aim.
And I admired her restlessness to create change. But some mistakes were made. Not borne of ill will or bad intentions.
Quite the opposite, in fact. But mistakes nonetheless. And I have been elected as leader of my party, and your Prime Minister, in part, to fix them.
And that work begins immediately.
