All news on the topic: Rishi Sunak

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'PM's rail pledges as fake as the 40 new hospitals promised by Boris Johnson'
A supposed £36billion package of transport projects announced by Rishi Sunak in the wake of the HS2 scrapping have already been shown to be as fake as Boris Johnson's '40 new hospitals' claim
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Rishi Sunak's HS2 replacement plan - delays, re-announcements and broken vows
The Prime Minister trumpeted a string of transport schemes that could be funded instead of completing the high-speed railway to Manchester. We examine his claims and promises
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Rishi Sunak reported to police after Nicola Sturgeon joke in conference speech
The Prime Minister cracked a joke about the former Scottish First Minister, who was arrested in June as part of a probe into SNP finances. An Alba Party politician has alleged contempt of court
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Do you agree with Rishi's plan for new smoking laws? Have your say in our poll
Proposed new legislation will make it an offence for anyone born on or after January 1, 2009 to be sold tobacco products – effectively raising the smoking age by a year each year until it applies to the whole population
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Rishi Sunak speech live - HS2 to be scrapped as Dorries makes scathing attack
Desperate Rishi Sunak has confirmed HS2 is being scrapped between Birmingham and Manchester in a move set to spark a massive backlash at the end of Tory Party Conference
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Sunak blocked financial help for people forced to isolate during Covid pandemic
Rishi Sunak, who was then Chancellor, also ignored warnings by the Government’s senior scientific and medical advisors, Sir Patrick Vallance and Sir Chris Whitty, the Covid-19 Inquiry heard
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Sunak's decision to scrap HS2 to Manchester is 'another betrayal of the North'
West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin said the decision would "punish passengers and businesses alike"
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9 key moments in Rishi Sunak's speech - from HS2 betrayal to smoking age change
Rishi Sunak ranted that politics is 'broken' - but didn't acknowledge the Tories have been in power for 13 years - during his first party conference speech as Tory leader
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Rishi Sunak embarrassed as Covid Inquiry blasts PM in the middle of speech
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was hit with scrutiny at the Conservative conference in Manchester - the British Medical Association said he created 'misinformation' with his Eat out To Help Out scheme
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Rishi Sunak's lavish life with billionaire wife - with overseas home and 4 cars
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is due to give his first speech as Tory leader to the Conservative Party Conference today and will have some big questions to answer - not least about HS2
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'Conservative Party is not fit to rule the country and Sunak is out of touch'
Rishi Sunak, leader of Conservative Party, is now prepared to do or say anything to cling to high office, Voice of the Mirror argues, and the Tories are "not to fit to rule"
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PM claims an election is 'not what anybody wants' - despite polls showing it is
The next general election has to be held by the end of January 2025 but last month a survey by YouGov found almost 50% of the public want one by spring next year
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Sunak confronted over OAP forced to choose between giving up dog and foodbank
The Prime Minister was tackled over the heartbreaking decision faced by dog-lover Bill Martin, 80, when his pet fell ill over the summer and needed an operation
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GMB's Susanna clashes with Sunak as he tries to squirm out of HS2 questioning
Susanna Reid clashed with Rishi Sunak this morning during a live interview on Good Morning Britain as he desperately tried to squirm out of answering questions about HS2
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Emergency Cabinet meeting expected as PM drops big hint he'll axe HS2 to North
The Prime Minister is set to order a Cabinet meeting where top Tories are expected to formally sign the death warrant for plans to run the high speed line to Manchester
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'Axing HS2 in Manchester is further proof Tories are not fit to run the country'
Conservative Party is, Voice of Mirror says, a "basket case" and led by Rishi Sunak, who has a "dangerous short-term mentality and a frightening lack of vision"
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Rishi Sunak squirms as he's told the one word people most often say about him
The words presented to the PM included 'rich', 'himself', 'the rich', 'money', 'not sure', 'no idea', 'upper class', 'greed', 'don't know', 'Britain'', and 'elite'
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Giant billboard poster featuring Sunak in Liz Truss' pocket axed after tip-off
The Labour Party booked the advert for a huge digital billboard on Manchester’s Axis Tower skyscraper to overlook the Tory conference venue but it was canned after word got out
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'Rishi Sunak is only thinking about votes and ignoring that world is burning'
Rishi Sunak is postponing targets essential to getting us to net zero by 2050 as he is only focus on short-term electoral gain - and won't be Prime Minister in 25 years
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'HS2 mess is the perfect metaphor for 13 years of Tory failure'
Labour's Shadow Paymaster General says it's a complete joke that the Prime Minister is apparently going to scrap building the train line that the Tories have already spent £25 billion on
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Michael Sheen among stars to demand Rishi Sunak give UK an extra Bank Holiday
Public figures, including the Archbishop of Cantebury and actor Michael Sheen have called for a 'thank holiday' - an extra day off for people to connect with each other and volunteer'
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Cancer patients have charity cash cut in cost of living crisis
Macmillan Cancer Care has given grants to cancer patients to help with their additional costs for around a century - but they are having to chop £50 off the grant due to huge numbers of applications
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Tories deny they're plotting to strip pensioners of Winter Fuel Allowance
The Government insisted it was not going to axe the lifeline following reports Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was drawing up plans that would have meant only the very poorest OAPs would still be eligible
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Rishi Sunak slammed as fake friend of motorists as potholes farce creates misery
Labour criticised Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for trying to portray himself as a friend of drivers as he prepares to block English councils from imposing 20mph speed limits