london rishi sunak will on wednesday face off against opposition lawmakers for the first time as british prime minister in a likely raucous parliamentary session following weeks of political turmoilhis parliamentary debut as prime minister comes a day after he took power as the first uk leader of colour vowing to repair the damage wrought by outgoing leader liz truss through her disastrous budget which sparked economic carnagesunak faces a daunting array of problems from the war in ukraine to a costofliving crisis at home and expected budget cutsasked about possible cuts to foreign aid wednesday foreign secretary james cleverly said the government faced some difficult decisionshe said covid had been unprecedented and then straight off the back of covid russian president vladimir putin invaded ukraine which then amplified the global challenges the pandemic had createdwe have got to be realistic because there are a whole bunch of realities domestically that we have got to address he told bbc radiosunak on tuesday also pledged to unite his fractured conservatives and an increasingly unimpressed country and began his tenure by reappointing a host of ministers from his predecessors top teamthe rightleaning times daily welcomed a generally broad and capable set of cabinet appointments although the leftwing guardian expressed scepticism that he would be able to unite the partysooner or later he will face the parliamentary disunity that his election sought to banish it said in an editorialsunak finance minister under expremier boris johnson retained jeremy hunt as chancellor of the exchequer bidding to keep markets onside after he stabilised the situation with his initial appointment nearly two weeks agohe also kept trusss foreign defence trade and culture ministers among others as well as controversially bringing back recently fired home secretary suella bravermanthe lineup reflects a unified party and a cabinet with significant experience ensuring that at this uncertain time there is continuity at the heart of government a downing street source saidthe continuity cabinet could hold an inaugural meeting wednesday before sunak heads to the house of commons for his first weekly prime ministers questions when he will battle labour leader keir starmer and other opposition lawmakersthey will undoubtedly seek to capitalise on weeks of chaos at the top of government and reiterate demands for a general election following the selection by conservative mps of their third leader in two monthsthe tories have crashed the economy with low wages high prices and a costofliving crisis starmer said tuesday in a taste of the attack lines to comethe public needs a fresh start and a say on britains futuretruss left office as the uks shortestserving premier in history replaced by its youngest since 1812 and first hindu leadersunak 42 triumphed in a 96hour tory leadership contest after rival contender penny mordaunt failed to secure enough nominations from tory lawmakers and johnson dramatically aborted an audacious comeback bidtruss and johnson offered their support though johnson who privately blamed his exminister for toppling him in july is thought to be fuming