All news on the topic: Rishi Sunak

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Kemi Badenoch’s initial approval ratings as Tory leader rank lower than Sunak’s and Johnson’s
Liz Truss is the only former party leader of past five years to rank lower in terms of starting popularity
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Shadow energy secretary faces backlash over £14k donation from JCB billionaire during election campaign
Tory MP Claire Coutinho reportedly accepted donations and awarded funds to JCB billionaire Lord Bamford.
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Kemi Badenoch has been elected as the new leader of the Conservative Party
Kemi Badenoch has been crowned as the new Conservative Party leader and comes as the four-month race to replace Rishi Sunak reaches the finish line.
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How Labour let Nigel Farage win
Keir Starmer’s strategists ordered campaign teams not to waste time fighting Reform UK in July’s election. It could come back to bite them.
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Disgraced Tory donor Frank Hester contributed £5 million to the party just days before the election
Donation came after Rishi Sunak condemned businessman’s remark that Diane Abbott made you ‘want to hate all black women’
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Priti Patel was eliminated from the Tory leadership contest in the first round
Former home secretary got two fewer votes than Mel Stride, while Robert Jenrick leads race to succeed Rishi Sunak
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Starmer to cancel £40m helicopter contract, breaking from Sunak era
Former PM and ministers drew criticism for the VIP flights Labour says were ‘symbol of their government’
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Metropolitan Police conclude investigation into election gambling scandal with no charges filed
Force ends investigation into bets on 4 July election date and says bar to prove misconduct in public office has not been met
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Keir Starmer and the Spanish PM reportedly discussed a youth mobility scheme
Labour leader reportedly did not reject Pedro Sánchez’s proposal for free movement agreement
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Britain drops its challenge to ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders
Labour government says it will not pursue questions on court’s jurisdiction over Netanyahu and Gallant
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James Cleverly is the first Tory to declare his bid for leadership to replace Rishi Sunak
The Tories have announced they will not confirm their new leader until November 2 - meaning there will be months of infighting with Rishi Sunak forced to remain
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Officer from Italy forced to quit UK police due to post-Brexit barriers
Dani says his £26,000 salary is not high enough to sponsor his wife so she can join him in Britain
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New Sunak appointments result in four out of ten Tory MPs being on the frontbench
Conservative members are doubling up on shadow roles after election wipeout severely reduced their numbers
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US ‘pressuring UK to block ICC’s Netanyahu arrest warrant’
Human rights barrister says US expects Labour government to continue UK challenge to proposed action against Israeli PM
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Labour will not increase military spending without economic growth, says minister
Comments come as PM begins two-day US visit to urge Nato member countries to increase defence spending
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NATO acknowledges Keir Starmer’s entrance onto the world stage
New U.K. prime minister will deliver a message of continuity on Ukraine and pledge support for the alliance.
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Rishi Sunak announces Shadow Cabinet as David Cameron quits
Rishi Sunak, who is serving as the interim Tory leader, announced his Shadow Cabinet after many top Tories lost their seats in a devastating general election night for the party
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Tories are now on life support after this truly historic and humiliating defeat
The Conservative’s have fundamentally lost touch with their core voters
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Removal vans spotted outside No10 as Rishi Sunak forced out
Rishi Sunak is moving out of Downing Street after resigning as Prime Minister following the Conservative Party’s devastating defeat at the General Election
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Carol Vorderman offered sassy words of advice to Keir Starmer as he enters No. 10 as Prime Minister
Carol Vorderman says Tory ’gremlins’ in No10 have ’ransacked the house and tried to nick the lead off the roof’ but gave Starmer ’words to the wise’
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How many people voted for Labour, Reform and the Tories in general election?
Almost all of the 650 UK constituencies have now declared their results, and Labour has been overwhelmingly voted to victory. But how many millions of people voted for each party?
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101 reasons to vote the Tories out on election day: Partygate scandal, sewage issues, and Liz Truss
From Rishi Sunak’s helicopter usage, fury over the Tories partying while the nation was locked down under strict Covid rules and a burgeoning mental health crisis, to Liz Truss’ disastrous stint as PM and spiralling energy costs... there are more than enough reasons to give the Tories a kicking in the ballot box on July 4
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Keir Starmer hails a ‘new age of hope’ as Rishi Sunak fears losing his seat
Final polls predict unprecedented Labour victory, with Starmer declaring Britain a ‘great nation, with boundless potential’
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Rishi Sunak fearful of losing his seat, - The Guardian
PM would become first sitting British leader to be voted out of his constituency if his fears are realised