The challenge ahead for Rishi Sunak
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The Times
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🗓️ 28 October 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
At the end of his first week in power, Rishi Sunak already faces a backlash over his choice for home secretary. And more importantly, what can he possibly do to avert a recession?
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| 0:00.0 | The humble postcode, an unassuming set of numbers and letters, but sometimes they can do |
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| 0:20.9 | could do. |
| 0:21.9 | People's postcode lottery. |
| 0:22.9 | Good things come knocking. |
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| 0:27.6 | supply, play responsibly not available in North and Ireland. |
| 0:40.0 | After tumultuous few months, we have a new prime minister and he's been setting out his |
| 0:46.0 | agenda. |
| 0:47.0 | We want a stronger NHS, better schools, safer streets, control of our borders and levelling |
| 0:54.7 | up. |
| 0:55.7 | It's the mandate that I and this government will deliver for the British people. |
| 1:03.0 | But first, Rishi Sunak has to unite his party, not easy, when his first few days in office |
| 1:10.7 | have already seen a string of sackings and a few rather controversial appointments. |
| 1:17.6 | The former Tory chairman, Sir Jake Berry, claimed last night Ms Braverman committed multiple |
| 1:22.6 | breaches of the ministerial code. |
| 1:26.5 | And if that makes you think there may be trouble ahead, just wait till you see the rest of |
| 1:32.8 | the prime minister's to-do list. |
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