Rishi Sunak has taken over from Liz Truss as prime minister after she spent just 45 days in office. The story Rishi Sunak - New UK PM Rishi Sunak has taken over from Liz Truss, after she spent just 45 days in office. Truss resigned after being heavily criticised for her economic plan which saw the value of the pound drop significantly. Rishi Sunak, the country’s first British Asian prime minister, will have urgent issues to deal with, including the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. Opposition parties are calling for a general election. Key words and phrases bruising painful My football team suffered a bruising loss last night. It was a bruising defeat for the runners-up in the race. Rishinomics the economics of Rishi Sunak Many hope Rishinomics will help the economy of the country. An increase in defence spending is often associated with Reaganomics. steep learning curve the need to learn a lot in a short amount of time When she moved to the UK from Vietnam, it was a steep learning curve. It was a steep learning curve when they became parents to twins. For a quiz and downloads, check out our website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/course/newsreview-2022/unit-1/session-42 0:00 - Introduction 0:24 - Story 1:21 - Headline 1: The Times: How Rishi Sunak bounced back from summer’s bruising defeat 3:09 - Headline 2: The Telegraph: Why return of Rishinomics means more pain for Britain 4:36 - Headline 3: The FT: Sunak faces steep learning curve on world stage 6:22 - Language summary Do you want to improve your English? SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: null Visit our website: https://www.bbclearningenglish.com/ Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbclearningenglish Find us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcle Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbclearningenglish.multimedia We like receiving and reading your comments - please use English when you comment. #rishisunak #learnenglish #englishvocabulary