New UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to restore economic stability in a way that is “fair and compassionate” and protects the most vulnerable people in society.
At the Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons on Oct. 26, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the “Tories have crashed the economy” and argued that “working people” should not have to “pay for their mess.”
Alluding to the furlough scheme he implemented as chancellor during the COVID-19 pandemic, Sunak replied: “My record is clear, when times are difficult in this country I will always protect the most vulnerable, that is the values of our compassionate party. We did it in COVID and we will do that again.”…