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Rishi Sunak, and his wife Akshata Murty switch on the Christmas tree lights outside 10 Downing Street in London, Nov. 30.Photographer: Eddie Mullholland/AFP/Pool/Getty Images

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By Alex Wickham and Kitty Donaldson

December 2, 2023 at 5:00 AM UTC

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Rishi Sunak joked as he switched on the Christmas tree outside 10 Downing Street that it would be nice to “just click a button” and have everything turn out brighter. It was rare light moment in a week in which the prime minister found himself under fire for both the buttons he pushed and those he couldn’t bring himself to press.