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Oct 2022
28m 16s

Rishi Sunak to become the UK’s first Asi...

Bbc World Service
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The former finance minister will succeed Liz Truss seven weeks after she defeated him in the previous Tory contest. He faces the challenge of providing stability for businesses. We look into Sunak's economic legacy with Will Tanner, director of the think tank Onwards, and we ask Keith McAvoy, owner of the brewery and bar chain Seven Brothers, if he thinks Br ... Show More
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