Scotland needs its own Rishi Sunak
After a decade of political warfare, the country would benefit from unshowy pragmatism.
ByRishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak is a member of the Conservative Party who was prime minister between October 2022 and July 2024. Sunak has been MP for Richmond since 2015 and before becoming PM he served as chancellor of the Exchequer from 13 February 2020 to 5 July 2022. Thanks to a Fulbright scholarship, he studied philosophy, politics and economics at Lincoln College, Oxford, and did an MBA at Stanford University. Find all our latest news, comment and analysis of the former prime minister here.
Government contract termination forces private owner to liquidate company… for third time
The outsourced contract for the Treasury’s public enquiries system has been cancelled after just six months.
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Rishi Sunak’s “epoch-defining” defence strategy needs to be more than a label
The Prime Minister needs to accompany rhetoric with policy, and is still under pressure on defence spending.
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Public sector pay rises would not drive inflation, say leading economists
Christopher Pissarides, the Nobel prize-winning economist, says the government is misrepresenting the effects of pay rises.
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Don’t assume that migrant-born politicians should be pro-immigration
There is little progressive about assuming that Suella Braverman and Priti Patel should take a more liberal stance than other…
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PMQs: Keir Starmer talks tough on migrants
Rhetoric is hardening – on both sides.
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The triumph of corporate newspeak
An unreal consensus grips our politics – and Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak offer only technocratic fixes for a Britain…
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Rishi Sunak can’t win his fight on the small boats bill
He cannot reduce immigration to zero and plenty of Conservatives will be among those repulsed by the crackdown.
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Rishi Sunak is moving at speed – but can he outpace the spectre of Boris Johnson?
This spring’s prime ministerial activity has a frantic velocity we haven’t seen since the days of New Labour.
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Sue Gray’s appointment proves Labour is still trapped by orthodoxy
The recruitment of the career civil servant shows Keir Starmer is sticking to an outmoded New Labour playbook.
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Sunak’s anti-asylum plan may not be as politically beneficial as he hopes
Announcing that migrants illegally crossing the Channel won’t be able to stay is popular, but its actual impact may be…
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Rishi Sunak needs to learn from Keir Starmer’s ruthlessness
The Prime Minister needs to marginalise Boris Johnson as thoroughly as the Labour leader has Jeremy Corbyn.
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Migrant mathematics: the real calculation behind Sunak’s refugee crackdown
While overseeing record net migration, the Prime Minister is making a show of zero tolerance towards asylum seekers.
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The Brexiteers know they’re losing
The momentum is now with those who want a close relationship between the UK and the EU.
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Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list promises to be a nepotistic gong show
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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PMQs: The two leaders are entering election mode
Both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are feeling more confident after the past week.
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Sunak’s Windsor deal has left Boris Johnson high and dry
The DUP and Brexiteer rebellion against the Prime Minister’s EU deal seems like it will be minimal.
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The rewards of diplomacy
The Windsor framework represents unambiguous progress, and could clear the way for power-sharing to resume in Northern Ireland.
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Turnips over tomatoes? My taste of Brexit Britain’s withering food culture
As supermarkets ration salad, the Environment Secretary suggests Britons turn to turnips. But even that is a distant dream.
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Rishi Sunak discovers the EU is great after all
Can the Prime Minister, and noted Brexiteer, not hear himself?
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