Rishi Sunak

Former UK PM Rishi Sunak joins Microsoft and AI firm Anthropic as adviser, sparking debate over ethics, influence, and the tech-politics divide.

Tanmay Puri Oct 10, 2025

At a UK right-wing rally, a woman was booed after revealing her rapists were white, exposing the hollowness of anti-migrant rhetoric and the lack of evidence behind the 'migrant rapist' myth.

Carson Beale Sep 29, 2025

Ex-PM Rishi Sunak becomes Goldman Sachs senior adviser. ACOBA warns of risks tied to insider access and post-office influence.

Giuliano de Leon Jul 09, 2025

Wes Streeting has suggested that no-show patients may be fined in the future because NHS lost £1 billion to nearly eight million missed NHS appointments in the last year.

Andrea Tode Jimenez Oct 23, 2024

Green Party's Care Denyer says that we are "almost definitely going to have a Labour government," but she hopes the young voters will prove her wrong.

Danielle Summer Jun 06, 2024

Polling shows Britons place the economy at the top of the list of priorities and the UK government will need to address the public's concerns.

Daniel Elliot May 16, 2024

Government proposes major overhaul of disability benefits amid concerns over NHS backlogs and patient wait times for mental health treatment.

Vinay Patel Apr 30, 2024

The growing need to protect ships, submarines, and aircraft may see stocks like BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce benefit from higher demand for military equipment.

Niloy Chakrabarti Apr 26, 2024

Sunak announces jobless benefits cut after a year, aiming to end "lifestyle" dependency, in largest welfare overhaul in a generation

Vinay Patel Apr 22, 2024

After a 32% hike in reported shoplifting offences, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a crackdown on serial shoplifters and abusive customers.

Danielle Summer Apr 10, 2024

A scathing report by the spending watchdog shows Sunak's plan for asylum seekers to be housed across RAF sites and in a barge will cost £46 million extra.

Tahlia Kraefft Mar 22, 2024

As Labour supporters champion Keir Starmer for his honesty and competence, Tory voters describe Rishi Sunak as a "weak, useless, rich idiot".

Danielle Summer Mar 19, 2024

While recessions of the past, notably during the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, were protracted and severe, indications suggest that this downturn may be milder and short-lived.

Pragati Singh Feb 20, 2024

According to the survey, since 2019, Conservative support in rural constituencies has fallen by 25 points, showing that just 34 per cent of the electorate in England's 100 most rural constituencies said they would vote for the party.

Callum Conway-Shaw Feb 13, 2024

Starmer is expected to argue that it will not affect specific pledges on improving home energy efficiency and decarbonising the national grid by 2030.

Callum Conway-Shaw Feb 10, 2024

The teenager named Brianna Ghey died after repeatedly being stabbed with a knife in a park in Cheshire.

Sadhna Yadav Feb 08, 2024

Sunak has said he plans to hold an election later in the year, widely expected to be in October or November, as a YouGov survey of 14,000 respondents forecasts that the Tories will hold on to just 169 seats, while Labour will claim 385.

Callum Conway-Shaw Feb 07, 2024

The UK government have set out their position after EU legislators confirmed this week that their 'AI Act' will be passed as a law by next year.

Callum Conway-Shaw Feb 07, 2024

The House of Lords voted to delay ratification of the Rwanda treaty until the government has demonstrated that Rwanda is a safe country for migrants.

Callum Conway-Shaw Feb 06, 2024

A new report has emerged which reveals that the UK trade minister helped Rishi Sunak's wife-linked Indian IT firm Infosys get better access to trade deals for ease of business in the UK.

Pratiti Nath Feb 05, 2024

A YouGov poll revealed that for voters aged 18 to 24, the Green Party is nine per cent more popular than the Conservative Party and 12 per cent ahead of the Liberal Democrats.

Danielle Summer Feb 05, 2024

This week, Sunak revealed new arrangements to remove routine checks on goods moving from Great Britain (GB) to Northern Ireland (NI), known as the "green lane".

Callum Conway-Shaw Feb 01, 2024

Corporate leaders have said that they would have more business confidence if the Labour Party win the next general election.

Danielle Summer Jan 30, 2024

The proposal intends to address the housing crisis and alleviate the pressure on social housing resources by focusing on the needs of the domestic population.

Jastine Beatrice Yap Jan 29, 2024

The prime minister is also expected to crack down on marketing laws, restricting vape flavours and limiting coloured packaging intended to appeal to children.

Callum Conway-Shaw Jan 29, 2024

Rwanda has said that it would not be able to continue with the UK deal if Mr Sunak's government did not abide by international law.

Callum Conway-Shaw Jan 25, 2024

Writing in the Daily Telegraph on Tuesday, Clarke claimed Sunak, who is under increasing pressure after he was dealt a blow to his Rwanda deportation plan in the House of Lords, was "leading the Conservatives into an election where we will be massacred".

Callum Conway-Shaw Jan 24, 2024

Although Conservatives are traditionally protective of British institutions, some Tory MPs have recently broken rank to criticise their work.

Callum Conway-Shaw Jan 23, 2024

Last week, The Conservative Party witnessed its biggest rebellion in years after 60 MPs called on Rishi Sunak to tighten his grip on the Rwanda legislation.

Callum Conway-Shaw Jan 22, 2024

The statistical watchdog UK Statistics Authority has intervened in the asylum backlog clearance matter for the second time refuting UK government claims as half truths.

Pratiti Nath Jan 20, 2024