Rishi Sunak

• What we know so far about U.K. Tories and election gambling allegations

  The U.K. Conservative Party's campaign chief stepped down and two candidates are under investigations for gambling on the outcome of the upcoming election.

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• Sunak, Starmer clash over taxes and health in 1st U.K. election debate

  Conservative leader Rishi Sunak sought to boost his party’s dismal outlook, while Labour’s Keir Starmer aimed to cement his status as favourite to become the next prime minister.

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  Jun 4
  
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• Labour leader Keir Starmer will face Rishi Sunak in U.K.’s election. Who is he?

  Keir Starmer, the Labour party’s 61-year-old leader, is current favourite to win the country’s July 4 election and would be the first Labour prime minister since 2010.

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  May 23
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• U.K.’s Rishi Sunak calls snap general election for summer

  Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party has been in power since 2010, the longest reign for a party in the U.K. in modern times, but his party has fallen out of favour.

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  May 22
• British MPs vote to support government plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

  The bill seeks to overcome a ruling by the U.K. Supreme Court that the plan to permanently send migrants across the English Channel in boats to Rwanda is illegal.

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  Dec 12, 2023
• U.K. top court rejects government plan to send migrants to Rwanda

  Britain’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the government’s contentious plan to send some migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda is illegal.

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  Nov 15, 2023
• Former U.K. PM David Cameron back in government as Sunak shuffles cabinet

  Former British Prime Minister David Cameron made a shock return to high office on Monday, becoming foreign secretary in a major shakeup of the Conservative government.

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  Nov 13, 2023
• U.K. delays ban on new gas, diesel cars as Sunak waters down climate goals

  Rishi Sunak said he remained committed to the legally-binding target of reaching net zero emissions by 2050 but said Britain could afford to make slower progress in getting there.

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  Sep 19, 2023
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• U.K. Parliament researcher arrested on suspicion of spying for China. What we know

  U.K. foreign intelligence chief Richard Moore of MI6 said in July that China was his agency's "single most important strategic focus."

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  Sep 11, 2023
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• British and Australian PMs are taking shots over a cricket game. Here’s why

  Controversy has emerged after the Australian cricket team travelled to England to take part in the Ashes – the bilateral cricket series between England and Australia.

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  Jul 5, 2023