UK PM Sunak faces angry, wary voters

LONDON: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has angry unions to the left of him, anxious Conservative Party lawmakers to the right and millions of voters he must win over to avoid electoral defeat.

It is a difficult situation for Sunak, who is now 100 days in office on Thursday, more than twice the number of his ill-fated predecessor, Liz Truss.

The 42 year-old Sunak calmed financial markets and averted the economic meltdown when he assumed the post on October 25 after Truss plan for huge tax cuts caused panic.

Britain's youngest leader for two centuries, and its first prime minister of South Asian heritage, has promised to tame soaring inflation, ease pressure on the overburdened health care system and restore integrity back into politics after years of scandals under former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Easier said more than done.