Why tax cuts won’t improve Sunak’s polling
Even if taxes are increasing less quickly, they are still at a record high.
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.
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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PMQs review: Rishi Sunak struggles to impress his restless party
Tory MPs are not grateful for the Prime Minister or optimistic about their prospects.
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Labour is failing to build a new political consensus
The party’s self-imposed fiscal straitjacket risks alienating a popular majority.
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Rishi Sunak’s Covid inquiry performance showed why he’s struggling
The Prime Minister’s fluency is of little use to him as he struggles to contain a Tory mutiny.
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Sunak’s problems go much deeper than the Rwanda bill
Conservative infighting risks obscuring any policy successes the Prime Minister enjoys.
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Sunak’s insistence he’s in control only proves he’s not
The Prime Minister has been reduced to whining that the world won’t do what he wants.
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The UK must choose: the past, or our future
More than 85 Britain-based businesses have signed a letter urging Cop28 leaders to phase out fossil fuels by the 2040s.
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How long can Rishi Sunak survive?
The Tory MPs who have lost patience with the Prime Minister span the entire party.
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Rishi Sunak only has himself to blame for his humiliation
The Prime Minister had no need to make the Rwanda plan a defining test of his leadership.
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The Tory right is at war with reality
The levels of self-delusion over the Rwanda plan suggest the party may be incapable of being led.
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