Lord Deben: “Sunak will not reach net zero unless he changes policy”
The former Tory cabinet minister and chair of the Climate Change Committee on the government's approach to the green transition.
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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.
Rishi Sunak is pleasing no one on immigration
The Prime Minister is neither satisfying populists nor governing well.
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Tories pray for electoral salvation. Will St Boris intercede?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Rishi Sunak can afford to face down Tory rebels over the Rwanda bill
The Prime Minister knows that few of his critics genuinely want another leadership contest before the next election.
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Why Rishi Sunak was able to bypass parliament on strikes in Yemen
Despite long-standing debate over reform, MPs have no formal power over military intervention.
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PMQs review: Keir Starmer turns the “flip-flop” charge back on Rishi Sunak
The Labour leader relished mocking the Prime Minister’s erratic changes of strategy.
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Rishi Sunak is digging his own grave
Why even once-loyal Conservatives are now despairing of the Prime Minister.
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“In the end, we’ll snap”: Inside the One Nation Tory fightback
Damian Green, who chairs the group of 106 Conservative moderates, reveals Rishi Sunak promised to go “no further on Rwanda”.
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The problem with Rishi Sunak’s new election strategy
To many voters, “going back to square one” will sound appealing given the state of the country.
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Why tax cuts won’t improve Sunak’s polling
Even if taxes are increasing less quickly, they are still at a record high.
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Inside Labour’s war against complacency
As an election year dawns, Team Starmer are refusing to believe the hype around them.
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Chris Skidmore: Net zero climb-down sacrifices Britain’s climate leadership for short-term gain
The Prime Minister has damaged the UK’s credibility, but local leaders now have the opportunity to show the way.
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Sunak is gambling on a better economy in 2024
Though the economic numbers are improving, an autumn election may not be such a good idea.
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To win, the Tories need to defy electoral history
No governing party has ever won from a starting position as weak as the Conservatives’ currently is.
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Why Rishi Sunak has ruled out a May general election
The Prime Minister has ended politically dangerous speculation and overshadowed Keir Starmer’s speech.
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How will Rishi Sunak solve his general election dilemma?
The Prime Minister risks being labelled a “bottler”.
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The Tory right will strike back in 2024
Rishi Sunak will not be removed by his party but the right is poised to recapture the leadership.
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Pledge tracker: Rishi Sunak misses key targets
As the year draws to a close, it is clear that Sunak cannot claim to have met the majority of…
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The UK could be financing the global energy transition
Rishi Sunak has lost investor confidence, says the head of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association.
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How Rwanda ruined Rishi Sunak’s year
At today’s Liaison Committee session, the Prime Minister’s “tetchiness” was on display.
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