LONDON (AP) \u2014 Britain has had a tough 12 months and its problems will not \u201cgo away\u201d in 2023 \u2014 but the coronation of King Charles III will help bring the country together, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Saturday in his New Year message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sunak, who in October became the third Conservative British prime minister of the year, said the U.K. was rocked this year by the \u201cprofound economic impact\u201d caused by Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said his government has taken \u201cdifficult but fair decisions to get borrowing and debt under control\u201d and helped Britons cope with a cost of living crisis driven by sharply rising energy bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sunak did not mention the U.K.\u2019s political chaos this year, which saw former Prime Minister Boris Johnson quit in July after a string of scandals and his successor Liz Truss resign after less than two months in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Britain\u2019s economy and politics have calmed down since then, but Sunak still needs to tackle a slowing economy, widespread workers\u2019 strikes in reaction to the cost of living crisis, and a fractious Conservative Party that\u2019s losing popular support after 12 years in power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m not going to pretend that all our problems will go away in the new year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But he added that the U.K. would \u201ccome together with pride in everything that makes this country great\u201d for the coronation ceremony of Charles III.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Charles became monarch immediately upon his mother Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s death on Sept. 8. He will be formally crowned at Westminster Abbey in London on May 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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