British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak leaves Millbank Studios after a media interview in London, Britain, Might 27, 2022. REUTERS/John Sibley

LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) – Following is the total textual content of British finance minister Rishi Sunak’s resignation letter, which was addressed to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and posted on Twitter.

“It’s with deep unhappiness that I’m writing to you to resign from the Authorities.

“It has been an unlimited privilege to serve our nation as Chancellor of the Exchequer and I’ll at all times be pleased with how in the course of the pandemic we protected folks’s jobs and companies by means of actions comparable to furlough.

“To go away ministerial workplace is a severe matter at any time. For me to step down as Chancellor whereas the world is struggling the financial penalties of the pandemic, the battle in Ukraine and different severe challenges is a choice that I’ve not taken frivolously.

“Nonetheless, the general public rightly count on authorities to be carried out correctly, competently and significantly. I recognise this can be my final ministerial job, however I imagine these requirements are value preventing for and that’s the reason I’m resigning.

“I’ve been loyal to you. I backed you to turn out to be Chief of our Get together and inspired others to take action. I’ve served as your Chancellor with gratitude that you just entrusted me with stewardship of the nation’s economic system and funds.

“Above all, I’ve revered the highly effective mandate given to you by the British folks in 2019 and the way below your management we broke the Brexit impasse.

“That’s the reason I’ve at all times tried to compromise so as to ship the stuff you need to obtain. On these events the place I disagreed with you privately, I’ve supported you publicly. That’s the nature of the collective authorities which our system depends and it’s notably essential that the Prime Minister and Chancellor stay united in onerous instances comparable to these we’re experiencing at this time.

“Our nation is going through immense challenges. We each need a low-tax, high-growth economic system, and world class public companies, however this will solely be responsibly delivered if we’re ready to work onerous, make sacrifices and take troublesome choices.

“I firmly imagine the general public are prepared to listen to that reality. Our folks know that if one thing is simply too good to be true then it is not true. They should know that while there’s a path to a greater future, it’s not a simple one. In preparation for our proposed joint speech on the economic system subsequent week, it has turn out to be clear to me that our approaches are basically too completely different.

“I’m unhappy to be leaving Authorities however I’ve reluctantly come to the conclusion that we can’t proceed like this.

Form regards,

Rishi Sunak”

Reporting by Muvija M and Sachin Ravikumar

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