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Rishi Sunak was elected leader of Britain's Conservative Party on October 23, 2022, following the resignation of his predecessor, Liz Truss. He is the country's first prime minister of Asian heritage. Sunak had previously worked as Chancellor of the Exchequer from February 2020 to July 2022 under Boris Johnson. Sunak resigned, along with 61 other members of Johnson's government, after the then-PM became embroiled in a series of scandals.
The British PM is trying to circumvent a court finding that sending asylum seekers to Rwanda would have them face a real risk of persecution.
New foreign secretary may have declared ‘golden era’ with Beijing eight years ago when he was prime minister, but the political road map has changed.
- It would be worth an initial US$128 a year for each of 8 million pensioners in the UK
- It is the latest gambit to try to shore up a core vote ahead of the July 4 election
The plan would require young Britons to choose between full-time placement in the armed forces or cyber defence for a year, or volunteering in their community.
The 10,170 arrivals between January and May 25 were an increase from 7,395 in the same period last year.
The PM might be hoping for a boost to his campaign if England do well at Euro 2024, but the timing brings back memories of some of England’s worst losses.
Keir Starmer, the UK Labour Party’s 61-year-old leader, is the current favourite to win the country’s July 4 election.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, whose Conservatives trail the opposition Labour Party in opinion polls, shocked and angered many in his party when he gambled by calling a July 4 election.
Britain will hold a national election on July 4 which opinion polls indicate will end 14 years of Conservative Party-led government. Here’s what you need to know.
Keir Starmer has had his party on a campaign footing for over a year. Yet there’s still nervousness in Labour, driven by the hole dug by the party’s historic general election defeat in 2019.
UK prime minister ends months of speculation and called an election several months earlier than expected – a risky strategy with his party far behind Labour in the opinion polls.
‘This is a day of shame for the British state,’ Sunak told parliament. More than 30,000 people were infected with HIV and hepatitis C in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s after receiving contaminated blood.
Talks on a deal have been ongoing since 2022 but appear to have stalled amid a succession of UK prime ministers and the ruling Conservative Party’s electoral malaise.
UK secretary of state for science and technology said it will broker agreements at this week’s AI safety summit.
McCartney wealth is estimated at US$1.26 billion, partly due to government plans to scrap the ‘non-dom tax status’ where people do not pay tax on overseas earnings, and Beyoncé covering a Beatles’ song, the Sunday Times Rich List said.
Sunak mounted a defence of the Tories’ 14 years in power and warned that Britain would be less safe under Keir Starmer’s Labour opposition, which is widely tipped to come back to power.
Britain exited a shallow recession with better-than-expected growth in the first quarter, in a boost to embattled Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
In a stunning move, Natalie Elphicke, who has been critical of the opposition in the past, crossed the floor of the House of Commons to join the ranks of Keir Starmer’s Labour Party.
Rishi Sunak is facing calls to consider policies including an immigration cap and a withdrawal from the European Court of Human Rights, even though the prime minister has urged the party to ‘stick to the plan’ ahead of a general election expected in the second half of the year.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s party finished a humiliating third in local council tallies after losing nearly 500 seats.
Asylum Aid launched a legal challenge against the UK government’s policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda, which PM Rishi Sunak aims to launch within weeks.
Britain’s governing Conservative Party is suffering heavy losses as local election results pour in Friday, piling pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead of a UK general election.
Images released by British authorities showed a man being put in a van and another being led out of his house in handcuffs.
Britain’s ruling Conservative Party is expected to suffer heavy losses in crunch local elections this week that are likely to increase pressure on beleaguered Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
The UK government has said it would pay asylum seekers up to £3,000 (about US$3,745) each to move to Rwanda to help clear the backlog of refugees who have arrived in the country in recent years.
Ireland takes aim at the UK’s Rwanda policy which is driving migrants over its border.
A drubbing in mayoral and council elections on May 2 could persuade Sunak that an earlier polling day is a better solution.
The tragedy came only hours after UK PM Rishi Sunak’s latest effort to send some migrants on a one-way ticket to Rwanda finally won approval from Parliament.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s latest effort to send some migrants to Rwanda finally won approval from parliament early Tuesday, hours after he pledged deportation flights would begin in July.
