on yourfirst question, borisjohnson, do you agree with it? on your first question, nobody wants to see a recession. no one wants that. that. part of the reason we are seeing inflation higher than we had anticipated and because the economy has done better, everyone was forecasting the uk we go into a recession, this year, it hasn t happened. defied everyone s expectation because the economy is performing well, jobs are being created, companies growing, and employment at a low level, that is all a good thing. but it means the inflation challenge has become tougher. i always want to make sure we are trying to grow the economy. but halving inflation on its way down to 2%, that is the right priority because all the good things we want, morejobs, higherwages, more investment, although things, cannot have them unless we get inflation back down and get interest
people said it wasn t ambitious enough, too easy, i knew that wasn t true. i knew getting inflation down enough, too easy, i knew that wasn t true. i knew getting inflation down would be tough. i wanted to set an would be tough. i wanted to set an ambitious target that we would work ambitious target that we would work really hard to get to. i m sure when really hard to you talk to young leaders, you guys talking your business is about setting ambitious targets, you don t. has it got harder? of course. the last couple of months have shown it has got harder. but it is not impossible and i m going to steal gave absolutely everything i ve got to delivering on it, and more broadly we have to keep getting inflation down because even once it is hard, we have to get it back down to 2%, our normal inflation target. but i want to say this was a priority and something i m working towards. everyone will be able to make yourjudgment, you will be able to see where we are in six months, nine months,
rates down again. that has to be the priority. anyone who tells you there is a short cut is not being straight with you. as much as i wish there was, there isn t. we need to stick to the course. that is what will guide my actions. on your second question, the privileges, i have enormous respect for the privileges committee, i support the committee andindeed committee, i support the committee and indeed respect the vote of the house. what i would also say is i am not focused on the past. i want to look forward. boris johnson not focused on the past. i want to look forward. borisjohnson is no longer a member of parliament, it is right that people, whoever they are. studio: rishi sunak talking about inflation after that raising interest rates, you are watching bbc news. that is what i am doing, focusing on the things we have talked about today. with regard to
reasonable or not, that is up to you. i think that is priority number one and i m doing everything i can to bring it down. that is how you will restore trust in politics, because you set out clearly what you will do and you go about your hardest to deliver it and people can be the judges of whether that has worked not. gb news. be the judges of whether that has worked not. gb news. yesterday keir starmer, you worked not. gb news. yesterday keir starmer, you spoke worked not. gb news. yesterday keir starmer, you spoke about worked not. gb news. yesterday keir starmer, you spoke about inflation . starmer, you spoke about inflation policy, starmer, you spoke about inflation policy, you ve mentioned some of those policy, you ve mentioned some of those things today, banning supplies of new those things today, banning supplies of new energy in the north sea, giving of new energy in the north sea, giving into of new energy in the north sea, giving into unions, unaffordable pay
accountability and you guys will be able to hold me to account in delivering all the things we have talked about today. sky news. prime minister, talked about today. sky news. prime minister. you talked about today. sky news. prime minister, you said talked about today. sky news. prime minister, you said today talked about today. sky news. prime minister, you said today you - talked about today. sky news. i he: minister, you said today you want talked about today. sky news. i he: minister, you said today you want to be honest that you are someone who is straight with people, are you being straight when you say that everything is going to be ok, that we are 100% going to get through this, that you will halve inflation by the end of the year? do you regret making at a personal priority, and should people trust you if it doesn t happen? also, you re asking people to hold their nerve and suffer pain in the medium term. will that cost you at the ballot box? i medium-term. will that c