RUSHES: Prime Minister handover: Rishi Sunak speech - mixed feed

Prime Minister handover: Rishi Sunak speech - mixed feed; Part 1 of 2 ENGLAND: London: Westminster: Downing Street: EXT Car carrying Rishi Sunak arriving past crowd outside Downing Street gates / Rishi Sunak MP (Prime Minister) along from car to lectern / Rishi Sunak MP (Prime Minister) speech SOT / cutaways of press gathered opposite with cameras. - 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 will place economic stability and confidence at the heart of this government’s agenda. This will mean difficult decisions to come. But you saw me during Covid, doing everything I could, to protect people and businesses, with schemes like furlough. There are always limits, more so now than ever, but I promise you this I will bring that same compassion to the challenges we face The government I lead will not leave the next generation, your children and grandchildren, with a debt to settle that we were too weak to pay ourselves. I will unite our country, not with words, but with action. I will work day in and day out to deliver for you. This government will have integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level. T...