The Tory leadership candidate says the UK faces an emergency over the economy, the NHS and migration.
Rishi Sunak has said he would put the UK on a "crisis footing" on day one as PM, as he and Liz Truss continue their pitch to lead the Conservative Party., the former chancellor said the country faced a national emergency, including on the economy, the NHS and migration.Meanwhile, Ms Truss has announced plans for a "bonfire" of EU laws retained after Brexit.
"Having been inside government I think the system just isn't working as well as it should. And the challenges that I'm talking about, they're not abstract, they're not things that are coming long down the track," he said.Later, Mr Sunak will promise to accelerate NHS targets to cut waiting lists and make it easier to get scans without going to hospital.
It is understood the new measures would be funded through projected government under-spending, or by improving NHS efficiency.Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has outlined her own bold pitch to be leader, describing herself as an "insurgent" who wants change, in an interview theShe said after two decades of low growth and now the economic shock from the Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine, the UK was facing a "pivotal moment".
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