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Rishi Sunak will on Wednesday face off against opposition lawmakers for the first time as British prime minister, in a likely raucous parliamentary session following weeks of political turmoil.

It comes after he took power Tuesday as the first UK leader of colour, vowing to repair the damage wrought by outgoing leader Liz Truss through her disastrous budget, which sparked economic carnage.

He also kept Truss's foreign, defence, trade and culture ministers, among others, as well as controversially bringing back recently fired Home Secretary Suella Braverman. "The Tories have crashed the economy, with low wages, high prices and a cost-of-living crisis," Starmer said Tuesday, in a taste of the attack-lines to come.Britain's outgoing Prime Minister Liz TrussTruss left office as the UK's shortest-serving premier in history, replaced by its youngest since 1812 and first Hindu leader.

Addressing the nation outside Number 10 shortly after his appointment by King Charles III, Sunak conceded the country faced"profound economic crisis". In his first call with a foreign leader, Sunak told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Britain would continue its"steadfast support" following Russia's invasion.

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