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  • British finance minister Rishi Sunak on Monday offered backing to his beleaguered boss, Boris Johnson, while vowing to uphold his "sacred responsibility" of rebalancing the books after a splurge of coronavirus spending. The chancellor of the exchequer is being portrayed as a leader-in-waiting by some Conservative lawmakers and right-wing commentators, after resisting stricter curbs on public life to counter the Covid-19 crisis. But in a speech to the Conservatives' annual conference, Sunak downplayed any rift with the prime minister, acknowledging the "difficult trade-offs and decisions" forced upon Johnson's government as Britain endures the worst pandemic toll in Europe. "We all know he has an ability to connect with people in a way few politicians manage. It is a special and rare quality," Sunak told the conference, which this year is being held online because of coronavirus restrictions. "But what the commentators don't see, the thing I see, is the concern and care he feels for people every day, for the well-being of every person in our country. "Yes, it's been difficult, challenges are part of the job, but on the big calls, in the big moments, Boris Johnson has got it right and that is the leadership that we need," he said. Sunak has won plaudits for a series of big-spending schemes designed to protect jobs, but his popularity will be tested when it comes to bringing down the sky-high borrowing they have incurred. "We have a sacred responsibility to future generations to leave the public finances strong, and through careful management of our economy, this Conservative government will always balance the books," he said, without offering any details. "If instead we argue there is no limit on what we can spend, that we can simply borrow our way out of any hole, what is the point in us?" he added, warning of "hard choices" ahead. Yet while backing Johnson, Sunak also sought to adopt a tone of confident leadership as millions more people submit to local lockdowns to restrict a second wave of the coronavirus. "Because even if this moment is more difficult than any of you have ever faced, even if it feels like there is no hope, I am telling you that there is, and that the overwhelming might of the British state will be placed at your service," he said. jit/phz/cdw
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  • UK finance minister backs Johnson amid leadership talk
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