Sunak risks splitting Tories over net zero pushback
The Prime Minister is turning climate change into a political tool.
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.
How will we reach net zero?
The Uxbridge by-election has exposed how divided Britain still is over how to decarbonise the economy.
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Would public sector pay rises cause inflation?
Steve Barclay claimed higher pay for public sector workers “would not be consistent with bringing the inflation target down.” He’s…
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The Tories are wrong to see Keir Starmer as their secret weapon
We shouldn’t be surprised that the Labour leader doesn’t look prime ministerial. He isn’t prime minister yet.
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PMQs today: Starmer rattles Sunak as he brands him “inaction man”
The Prime Minister’s attack on Starmer over his links to Jeremy Corbyn seemed desperate.
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Tory wrangles overshadow Sunak’s G20 return
With discussions over whether to ditch the pensions triple lock and more Tory groups being founded, the battle for the…
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Will Rishi Sunak have to be tougher on China?
The arrest of a suspected Chinese spy has exposed divisions between Tory backbenchers and the party leadership.
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The week that ruined Rishi Sunak’s autumn
The idea that changing leaders again might improve the Tories’ chances used to seem absurd. Now I’m not sure.
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Raac crisis shows Britain’s malaise goes far deeper than inflation
The government is presiding over broken schools and a broken country.
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The Sunak-Modi bilateral
Also this week: the G20 summit that saved the world and the beating heart of England.
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The defence community does not want Grant Shapps
“I doubt he knows how to fire a rifle,” said one industry professional.
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Nadine Dorries is the Tory Miss Havisham
Her resignation statement marked the end of the Johnson era.
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Nadine Dorries quits (again)
Her resignation letter is another missile aimed at Rishi Sunak.
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“Stop the boats” is a delusion
Rishi Sunak has only just realised what we always knew.
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The Tory selection doom loop
Conservative constituencies are revolting against CCHQ.
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Why doesn’t football love Keir Starmer?
Talking about the game only makes the Labour leader and politicians look dumb.
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All aboard the Bibby Stockholm
The barge symbolises Britain’s rotten asylum stalemate – the discovery of Legionella bacteria in its water system only proves this.
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The Tories must become the party of green capitalism
Unlike Labour, the Conservatives could combat climate change without lowering our living standards.
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Most voters can’t tell if Rishi Sunak is right wing
They can’t tell if Keir Starmer is left wing either.
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Brits don’t believe Rishi Sunak is serious about fighting climate change
The Prime Minister is out of step with the four in five people who say they are personally concerned about…
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