Even Pakistan’s devastating flooding won’t inspire a green revolution
A third of the country may soon be under water. Will we ever decide it is time to force down…
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.
Rishi Sunak’s next move
He may never become prime minister, but he is sure to land softly.
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Rishi Sunak – the lockdown sceptic with Covid-compliant vibes
The former chancellor has criticised the UK’s pandemic response, but he owes it his past popularity.
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How much will Tory leadership candidates help with energy bills?
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak’s proposals fall short of what is needed, but there are issues with Labour’s plan too.
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Never mind hard-working families – what about occasionally working single people?
I wonder if I should count the cat as a cohabitee. Or what about the wasps?
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When Liz Truss asked a Lib Dem MP for Tory support
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Leader: The price of Conservative rule
For more than a decade the Tories have deployed fiscal policy in the service of political capital – and Liz…
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The coming economic storm
As inflation reaches a 40-year high and with Britain facing a punishing recession, the Conservative leadership contenders have failed to…
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Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are turning green energy into a culture war
In the face of soaring energy prices, they’re complaining about solar panels on farms.
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When will Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak get real about the NHS?
The health service is still in crisis, but the Tory leadership candidates seem more interested in eroding the NHS’s “free…
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Liz Truss must use the power of the state to relieve the living standards emergency
If the new prime minister relies only on tax cuts, it will be a long, miserable winter – for both…
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Neglected north: 66 per cent of innovation funding has gone to southern firms
A new report analyses more than £5bn of Innovate UK spend over the past 18 years.
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Learning for its own sake is lovely, but that’s not all university is for
I’m sure Cambridge University teaches many skills, but the real career boost comes from “Cambridge” being on your CV.
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The Tory party has been infected by a purist brainworm
This summer’s leadership contest has taken place in a parallel ideological universe.
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Liz Truss plays into every sexist trope there is about women
We’ve been trying to tell men for years we’re not airheads, Instagram-obsessed or flighty.
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You don’t win over young people by blocking their access to education
Rishi Sunak has promised to scrap degrees that don't lead to high salaries — but low pay does not indicate…
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If Rishi Sunak cares so much about education, why won’t he fund it?
A certain ex-chancellor wouldn’t even fund post-Covid catch-up support for pupils.
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Rishi Sunak’s mask has slipped – if ever he wore one
He wasn’t supposed to say what he really thought of “levelling up” out loud.
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Liz Truss says that an economic recession “is not inevitable”
The Foreign Secretary has suggested that the fiscal downturn could be averted with her planned tax cuts.
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Rishi Sunak boasted of taking money from “deprived urban areas” to help wealthy towns
A leaked video shows the former chancellor saying that Labour “shoved all the funding into deprived urban areas” and that…
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