Excerpts from Rishi Sunak’s speech were released on Tuesday evening.
London:
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to set out his priorities for 2023 on Wednesday and, in his first speech of the year, will attempt to reassure his recalcitrant Conservative Party that he has what it takes to lead them to the next national election.
After a failed bid to become prime minister, Sunak took over last year after his predecessor and former rival Liz Truss, who was ousted from power in October after just 44 days when markets rejected her unfunded tax cut plans.
Since then it has struggled with a host of problems – thousands of workers have gone on strike to protest over pay, the healthcare system is in crisis, inflation is near 40-year highs and economists see the UK in a long recession slide off
Wednesday’s speech will be both a declaration of intent and a response to critics who question whether the man who failed to win against Truss in September’s Conservative leadership race has what it takes to help the party that is to win next election.
Announced as a speech from his Downing Street office to set out his priorities for the year ahead and his ambitions for a brighter future for Britain, Sunak, 42, will outline his commitment to delivering long-term results on issues such as low numeracy rates.
“It’s something personal for me. Every opportunity I’ve had in life started with the education I was so fortunate to receive,” he will say, setting out a new aim to ensure that all pupils in England learn some form of mathematics by the age of 18.
“And that’s the number one reason I went into politics: to provide every child with the highest standard of education possible… With the right plan — the right commitment to excellence — I see no reason why we can’t compete with the best education systems in.” of the world.”
In excerpts of the speech published on Tuesday evening, his office revealed little more about its plans than to introduce math for all pupils aged 18 and under to improve poor numeracy, which the OECD describes as affecting “particularly many adults in England”. regards.
But Sunak, who has stressed his humble beginnings to combat those who criticize the former hedge fund partner’s wealth, is sure to go further and detail how he will achieve the goals he set on Twitter on New Year’s Eve.
He then said he wanted people to be proud of their country, worry less about inflation, energy bills and the National Health Service, and trust in fairness, which he believed could be achieved by tackling illegal migration.
The speech will not come too soon for those in his ruling Conservative Party who see little chance of winning the next election, which is expected in 2024.
With the opposition Labor Party holding a strong lead in opinion polls, some Conservative lawmakers and ministers have spent weeks urging their leader to act and set out his vision to try to pull Britain out of the turmoil.
(Except for the headline, this story was not edited by NDTV staff and was published by a syndicated feed.)
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