Replacing lost Sure Start centres is a tacit admission of austerity’s failure
The Tories are trying to repair another chunk of the state they wished they hadn’t lopped off.
ByRishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak is a member of the Conservative party who became Prime Minister on 25 October 2022. 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 UK Prime Minister here.
Rishi and Piers triumph over Boris and Nadine in TalkTV ratings battle
The channel’s interview with Sunak pulled in more than twice as many viewers as that with Johnson.
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Will Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle restore his authority?
Critics say the Prime Minister’s cabinet changes and Whitehall restructure only reveal his weaknesses.
Michael Gove and the levelling up agenda have been hamstrung
The Treasury will reportedly oversee all of the Levelling Up Department’s capital spending.
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Will Volodymyr Zelensky secure British jets for Ukraine?
Ukraine’s president visits the UK, and the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict intensifies.
The “world’s next Silicon Valley” is unlikely to be in Britain
Legislation needs to catch up with Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt’s lofty ambitions for UK tech.
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PMQs: Sunak and Starmer unite in solidarity with Ukraine
There was a remarkable show of bipartisanship from both leaders.
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Another Rishi reshuffle won’t help him restore party discipline
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Britcoin is a weird and dangerous idea
The government seems not to fully understand the implications of a “digital pound”.
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What was the point of Sunak’s reshuffle?
The Prime Minister’s reorganisation of four departments has been met with bafflement.
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The decline of the One Nation Tory
That Rishi Sunak is under pressure to pursue a Trussite agenda is a reflection of how narrow the Conservatives’ ideological…
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Rishi Sunak, the man who isn’t there
As the Prime Minister dithers, his foes advance and Britain declines.
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Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle won’t revive his political fortunes
As Dominic Raab’s future remains uncertain, the Prime Minister could be forced into further changes in just a few weeks.
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How Rishi Sunak could be out by the end of the year
If the local elections go badly and the Prime Minister fails to impress, Tory MPs may take revenge.
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Sunak wouldn’t dare leave the ECHR
It’s not just a bad idea, it’s nonsensical and improbable too.
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Will Labour’s stance on crime decide the next election?
Under Keir Starmer, Labour is positioning itself as the party of law and order as voter concern rises.
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How can NHS strikes be resolved?
Nurses and paramedics are fighting poor pay and conditions. Somehow the government needs to find the money to reverse years…
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Nadine Dorries tells the truth about Boris Johnson
His most sycophantic fan delivered an unexpected scoop
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Rishi Sunak thinks his wife is a fish
The Prime Minister made the shocking admission to Piers Morgan last night.
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Is Rishi Sunak too rich to rule?
The Prime Minister, who is worth an estimated £730m, is the first front-line politician to be on the Sunday Times…
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