Rishi Sunak pledges 'no return to austerity' as he plots UK recovery

Gears up for a multi-year spending review in the fall, at which he'll set spending budgets for the next three years

Rishi Sunak promised the U.K. won’t see a return to the austerity policies of last decade and said he works well with Prime Minister Boris Johnson -- while refusing to deny he wants to succeed him one day.
 

The chancellor of the exchequer was speaking in a round of broadcast interviews on Thursday after several newspapers reported a rift with the Johnson over the two men’s approach to spending. Sunak told ITV his relationship with Johnson is “very good indeed.”

“He and I work really well and really closely together,” Sunak said. “We are actually in lockstep on making sure that