Rishi Sunak has said the possibility of turning down an offer to be part of the Liz Truss cabinet if he loses the Conservative leadership contest, stating that Rishi Sunak would never be a part of a coalition with a different prime minister. Over “big things.”
A foreign minister who is the top bet to win the election and then become the next Prime Minister, The foreign secretary, has been reported to have identified the name of Mr. Sunak as a possible health secretary.
When asked on BBC Radio 2 if he would be interested in the post of health secretary, Sunak was asked. Sunak laughed and replied: “I’m not focused on everything else. My goal is to finish this competition, but I’m not looking at the possibility of a job.”
Rishi Sunak: I wouldn’t take job in Liz Truss cabinet
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However, in a few snarky remarks, the hopeful said: “You need to agree with the main points because it’s hard, as I’ve found out if you don’t. I’d hate to be in that situation again.”
Mr. Sunak also said he “wouldn’t get out of bed” when he saw consecutive Tory polls that put the candidate. Truss is firmly on course to be in No.10 by the first week of September.
“If I spent all my time looking at the polls or reading newspapers, I probably wouldn’t get out of bed in the morning to do all these things,” He told host Vanessa Feltz.
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He. Sunak insisted that he received a “hot” reception on the campaign trail but acknowledged that certain Tory members were still upset over the fact about his departure from the government of Boris Johnson.
“There are a group of people among our members, and that is understandable, who are upset I resigned from the government – and that’s fair enough,” the politician said.
“It got to a point where I couldn’t stay,” he stated. “You cannot have a prime minister and chancellor in two different places regarding the economy. In addition, the ethical question… that I found difficult to argue.”
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Mrs. Truss has reportedly lined her plans to pick Kwasi Kwarteng as her successor to the chancellor. Suella Braverman as home secretary and Jacob Rees Mogg as a leveling-up secretary in the event she is elected. He. Sunak is being considered for the position of health secretary as per The Times.
However, Mr. Sunak compared his clashes with Mr. Johnson to his current rivalry with Ms. Truss, telling BBC Radio 2 on Monday that he was “on a different page” from his rival for the top spot.
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He has accused the. Truss of “promising the earth to everybody” the context of he urged Tory members to take a close look at her tax cuts promise in the belief that they will increase inflation but do nothing to aid the most vulnerable.
“You can’t have your cake and eat it,” said the man. “Liz’s plans are promising the earth to everybody… I don’t think life is that simple, and her plan risks making everything worse.”
Mr. Sunak rejected the suggestion that his campaign’s strategy wasn’t “politically savvy” compared with those by Truss. Truss, adding: “It is being honest and, for better or worse, that is what I am going to do.”
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In a speech about the NHS, the former chancellor declared that the country was “confident I could be trusted with it” If his name was chosen to be elected to the Tory leadership contest.
Mr. Sunak defended his plan to penalize people who miss appointments with their GPs, as part of a “crackdown on those abusing” the NHS.
“I want to tackle this missed appointment issue,” he stated. “I’ve said I want to get a bit tougher on that – it’s not about making money for charging people for missed appointments; it’s just about changing the culture so people cancel them in advance.”
He said: “The NHS shouldn’t be changing appointments on the spur of the moment. We must be radically and creative regarding our NHS.”
Tory M.P. Kevin Hollinrake, a Sunak supporter, declared earlier Monday that people will find themselves “on the streets” without any additional help to pay their energy bills this winter in a scathing attack on Mrs. Truss’s move to prioritize tax reductions over further assistance for the most vulnerable households.
Tory Member of Parliament Mel Stride, another Sunak supporter, commented about reports suggesting that. Truss was not planning to approach an independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) for an estimate of the plans she was making for next month. She said she was “flying blind.”
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