All news on the topic: Rishi Sunak

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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.
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UK citizens may soon be allowed to use e-gates in the EU — agreement being prepared for London summit
Agreement could cut airport queues, caused by need to have passports stamped after Brexit
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Tories play dirty: 15 Sunak allies accused of betting on election date
Former Conservative MP Craig Williams and 14 others have been charged with gambling offenses following an investigation into bets placed on the timing of the 2024 General Election
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Sex offenders will be prevented from evading detection by changing their name
Sex offenders will no longer be able to change their name and hide from the consequences of their crimes under new measures to be introduced by the government today.
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The chief whip’s diaries disclose the rescue of a Tory MP from a KGB agent in a London brothel
From MPs’ requests for peerages to Rishi Sunak labeling a minister as ‘fucking useless’, tales from former chief whip Simon Hart’s diaries have garnered attention.
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Farage investigates criminal accusation over NatWest account closure
Sky News has learned that the leader of Reform UK has engaged lawyer Chris Daw KC to advise on initiating a criminal prosecution against NatWest Group concerning the 2023 debanking scandal.
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Labour minister operated an offensive WhatsApp group which labeled pensioners as ‘terrorists’ and made jokes about deporting Rishi to Rwanda
A labour minister formerly ran a vile WhatsApp group which branded pensioners “terrorists” and hurled abuse at colleagues, The Sun can reveal.
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Kemi Badenoch’s top team oversaw departments that lost £20,000 a minute to fraudsters
New analysis reveals that since 2019, over £44 billion of taxpayer money was lost to fraud in departments under the Tories - often while they were run by members of Ms Badenoch’s Shadow Cabinet.
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Five years after Brexit, Brits celebrate with more expensive alcohol
A new tax system means higher prices for some of the U.K.’s favorite tipples.
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Keir Starmer vows to be ruthless with cuts to Britain’s benefits bill if necessary
Sir Keir Starmer insists he has “the balls” to take an axe to Britain’s bloated benefits bill.
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Tories enjoyed 102-year-old cognac at party during Sunak’s final months as PM
Conservative ministers knocked back a 102-year-old bottle of cognac at a party just months before Rishi Sunak left office, the Foreign Office has revealed.
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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.