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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.
- Under the policy, asylum seekers who arrive illegally in Britain will be sent to the East African nation, in a bid to deter cross-channel crossings
- PM Sunak faces pressure from the right of his Conservative Party to bring down migration by asylum seekers ahead of general election later this year
The Harry Potter author made social media comments about trans women, testing the legislation on the same day it came into effect.
Nolan’s wife and film producer Emma Thomas will receive a damehood, the female equivalent of a knighthood, the UK said on Thursday in a list of honours recommended by PM Rishi Sunak
The summit of European leaders will take place at Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of World War II leader Winston Churchill.
Under Rwanda plan, asylum seekers who arrive on England’s coast would be sent to Rwanda. Legislation will return to parliament’s upper chamber for votes on Wednesday.
Lee Anderson was suspended as a Conservative MP in Parliament after he claimed that Islamists had ‘got control’ of London Mayor Sadiq Khan, amid tensions over the Israel-Gaza war.
Most members of India’s upper house are elected, but 12, usually high achievers in public life, are nominated to the chamber by the president for a six-year term.
May said on Friday she will not stand for re-election, ending a 27-year career in parliament marked by a tumultuous spell leading the country as it tore itself apart over Brexit.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that a Conservative lawmaker was wrong to say the mayor of London is controlled by Islamists, and denied his party tolerates anti-Muslim prejudice.
UK PM Rishi Sunak will meet Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill and Democratic Unionist party leader Emma Little-Pengelly at Stormont on Monday, his Downing Street office said.
Chief of the General Staff Patrick Sanders says such a conflict would be a ‘whole-of-nation undertaking’ and the public should be trained and equipped.
Lawmaker Simon Clarke warns of a ‘massacre’ in the coming election if there is no leadership change, as the Tories trail Labour in opinion polls.
‘The UK’s position remains (that) a two-state solution … is the best route to lasting peace,’ a spokesman for UK PM Rishi Sunak said on Monday.
The prime minister quelled party rebels to avoid a serious blow to his authority, but the bill faces further hurdles in parliament before it becomes law.
Two of his party’s deputy chairmen are quitting their posts amid calls for the prime minister to toughen the scheme to send migrants on a one-way trip to the African nation.
British PM said aim of last week’s strikes was to ‘disrupt’ Houthis’ ability to launch attacks and he did not rule out joining further military action if Houthi attacks continue.
Conservatives in the UK are facing a massive electoral defeat that would hand Labour a 120-seat majority, according to a YouGov opinion poll.
About 80 per cent of the latest aid package is to be spent on trying to procure and produce drones for Ukraine.
Strikes represent a major escalation of tensions in the Middle East that have been simmering since the Hamas attack on Israel in early October.
Sadiq Khan said Britain’s departure from the EU reduced the size of its economy by 6 per cent, basing his statement on a report he commissioned from consultants Cambridge Econometrics.
Sunak, whose Conservative Party has been in power since 2010, has until the end of January 2025 to call a much-anticipated general election.
Reform UK – formerly Brexit Party and whose leader admires Donald Trump – rails against immigration, net zero energy policies, ‘nanny state’ regulations.
Junior doctors are walking out for six days as part of a long-running dispute over pay that saw them take 28 days of industrial action last year.
Deadly strikes hit residential buildings in Ukraine and a Russian border region on Tuesday as waves of aerial attacks also wounded dozens.
International students can no longer get visas for their dependants unless they are on a postgraduate research programme or a government-sponsored course.
On the same day Cleverly announced measures to tackle drink-spiking, the Sunday Mirror reported that he had recently joked that ‘a little bit’ of the date-rape drug in his wife’s drink every night was ‘not really illegal’.
The British prime minister has pinned his reputation on a scheme to send asylum seekers to the African nation.
The inquiry is examining the UK’s pandemic response and has heard testimony about often chaotic scenes in the government of then-PM Boris Johnson, marked by incompetence, back-stabbing and misogyny.
The Brexit figurehead has in recent weeks teased the idea of rejoining the struggling ruling Conservative Party, which he quit 30 years ago in protest over its stance on Europe.
Robert Jenrick’s bombshell resignation over legislation regarding sending migrants to the African nation puts further pressure on British PM Rishi Sunak.
