All news on the topic: Rishi Sunak

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Robert Jenrick vows to resign if Reform fails to deliver tax cuts within 100 days
Robert Jenrick has vowed to "resign" from his role in the party if he fails to deliver on his policies within the first 100 days of a Reform Government.
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James Cleverly quits shadow cabinet to launch bid for London mayor
Sir James Cleverly has resigned from the shadow cabinet as the former home secretary has confirmed he intends to run to be the next Mayor of London.
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Andy Burnham dragged into diplomatic row with Cuba as UK’s cigar trade faces fresh threat
Andy Burnham has entered a diplomatic row with Cuba as "smoke-free Britain" plans put cigar trade at risk.
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Cigars could vanish from British shelves as ministers consider cigarette-style packaging crackdown
Cigars could disappear from Britain’s shelves forever if a new "nanny state" crackdown comes to pass, tobacconists have warned.
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Nigel Farage faces Clacton by-election test as 75,000 voters head to the polls
As many as 75,000 Britons are set to make their voices heard today at the Clacton by-election - the sixth at Westminster since 2024.
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Farage attacks Burnham over Channel crisis as PM vows to change tactics
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has accused Andy Burnham of not having the balls to stop the boats.
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Former Rishi Sunak aide admits using insider information to bet on UK election date
Craig Williams, who was parliamentary private secretary to Mr Sunak, plead guilty at Southwark Crown Court on Monday.
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Brexit bitterness fades, but Britain’s EU reset is trapped by old divides
Ten years on from Britain’s shock vote to leave the European Union, much of the rancour and vitriol between London and Brussels has gone.
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Sadiq Khan faces misinformation spread after "cheap fake" video misrepresents interview
Sadiq Khan has fallen victim to yet another fake video, with the clip apparently showing him criticizing the Prime Minister over his response to last week’s Unite the Kingdom rally.
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Britain’s revolving-door prime ministers are driving the country into political paralysis
There were times when prime ministers seemed to be on their way out as soon as they’d arrived.
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Nigel Farage bought £1.4m house after receiving £5m gift from billionaire donor
Nigel Farage purchased a £1.4 million house in cash shortly after receiving a £5 million gift from a billionaire donor.
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100,000 migrants crossed Channel after Suella Braverman vowed to "stop the boats"
More than 100,000 people have arrived by small boat since Suella Braverman’s flagship law to end Channel crossings passed, latest figures show.
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Aristocrats gone, but House of Lords remains unaccountable and out of touch
The decisive expulsion of hereditary peers from the House of Lords may have eliminated a glaring anachronism, but it can hardly be called a triumph of democracy.
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UK races to lure Anthropic as US turns on AI start-up over military clash
Keir Starmer’s government steps up efforts to get American AI start-up to grow its presence in Britain.
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MPs demand release of Mandelson–Starmer–Palantir meeting notes amid £250m contract row
More senior MPs have urged the government to publish notes from a meeting between Lord Mandelson, Sir Keir Starmer and Palantir CEO Alex Karp.
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Former PM David Cameron reveals that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer
The former Prime Minister has given his support to a new initiative to provide prostate cancer screening to men who are most at risk.
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Reform UK receives £225,000 from billionaire linked to cannabis business
Reform UK’s leader Nigel Farage has repeatedly attacked what he calls “globalist” figures getting involved in British politics.
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King Charles leads tribute to gay and transgender veterans dismissed under decades-long ban
The sculpture takes the form of a crumpled bronze letter bearing words from personnel who were affected by the ban on gay and transgender people from serving in the armed forces.
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87-year-old dementia patient convicted over £43 car tax under fast-track court
An 87-year-old pensioner with dementia and living in a care home has been handed a criminal conviction over £43 of unpaid car tax, in the latest shocking case to emerge from the controversial Single Justice Procedure.
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Former PM Johnson blames Sunak and Cameron for immigration rise
Angry Boris Johnson has defended himself against claims that he was responsible for a big rise in immigration.
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Liz Truss blames Bank of England for market chaos: ’I wasn’t captain of the ship’
Liz Truss has asserted that the Bank of England was in control during her tenure as prime minister.
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Inside Anduril’s PR blitz: how a US weapons firm won influence and contracts in Westminster
“We find ourselves locked in a critical race – a race for upholding democratic values,” urged Paul Hollingshead, then a senior figure at the weapons tech company Anduril.
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Kemi Badenoch accused of ‘desperate hypocrisy’ over asylum hotel row
Kemi Badenoch has been accused of spouting ’desperate and hypocritical nonsense’ after calling on Tory councils to launch legal challenges over a problem her party caused
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Channel small boat arrivals in first half of 2025 surge 48% year-on-year
Number of people who arrived in UK via small boats in first half of 2025 up 48% on same period last year
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Queen Camilla holidayed on superyacht of Tory donor Wafic Said during trip to Greece
The wife of the King was seen on the yacht Zenobia, owned by Tory donor Syrian-Saudi Wafic Said, while visiting some of the Mediterranean country’s most exclusive tourist destinations.