Rishi Sunak must abandon the lie that Brexit has been good for the UK
The Prime Minister should start by admitting the damage that leaving the EU has done – and then begin to…
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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.
Another Tory relaunch? More like Cabinet of the Living Dead
Looking at this government, it’s hard to escape the conclusion that the Conservatives need an election just as much as…
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How long will Rishi Sunak last?
The Conservative Party has normalised chaotic rebellion. It won’t take much for it to reignite.
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The planet and our economy need strong UK leadership at Cop27
Rishi Sunak is missing an opportunity to show he means business on the climate.
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Suella Braverman shows how Rishi Sunak will struggle to escape the past
The new Prime Minister has inherited the finances of Liz Truss, the scandals of Boris Johnson and the divisiveness of…
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A message to the new health secretary: don’t scrap the health inequalities review
Steve Barclay should revive the nixed plans on tackling thealth disparities brought to light by the pandemic.
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Why do the Tories hate north London?
There’s something uncomfortable about how the area has become the butt of Tory jokes about out-of-touch elites.
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No teacher believes Rishi Sunak will transform education
The Tories have been saying the same thing for 12 years – and what do they have to show for…
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Rishi Sunak’s “grown-up” austerity is a gift to the wealthy
The Prime Minister is serving the corporate and financial zombies kept alive for so long by low interest rates.
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Rishi Sunak has made a dangerous bargain with the populist right
The Prime Minister’s quest to restore prosperity will be undermined by his stance on Brexit and immigration.
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Healthcare strikes not in the best interests of patients or NHS, says Wes Streeting
The shadow health secretary believes that strikes will not solve the “biggest crisis” in the health service’s history.
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Who will bear the brunt of Rishi Sunak’s austerity?
At his first PMQs as leader, Sunak successfully evaded questions on where cuts will fall.
By Rishi Sunak doesn’t “owe” anything to this country just because he has immigrant roots
His words imply British ethnic minorities are in debt to the country.
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Joe Biden gets a new UK prime minister – again
The political chaos in Westminster has raised eyebrows – and some concerns – in Washington.
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Alok Sharma: I can still represent the UK at Cop27
The Cop26 president will still negotiate on the government’s behalf, despite the gap between its policies and promises on climate.
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Sunak’s cabinet is overwhelmingly private school educated
More than six in ten of those attending Rishi Sunak‘s first cabinet are privately educated, research from the Sutton Trust…
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Rishi Sunak’s first PMQs exposes his political vulnerabilities
The Prime Minister struggled to defend the reappointment of Suella Braverman and his boast that he took public money out…
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Rishi Sunak should remember prime ministers are replaceable, species are not
If Sunak really wants to make a clean start he should swap protest-crackdowns for nature protection.
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Rishi Sunak cannot save the housing market
The Prime Minister has done more than most to encourage new buyers into a needlessly overheated market.
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Sasha Swire’s Diary: Rishi Rich in No 10, lords-in-waiting, and a case of the green-eyed monster
It’s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than to get a seat in the…
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