Rishi Sunak faces a very different economy to the one he left as chancellor — here’s what he must tackle as prime minister: As the incoming UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak has the immediate advantage of perceived success in his two years as chancellor. His tenure ended last July when he resigned due to a …
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak: who is he and how did he end up with the top job in British politics?: When Rishi Sunak lost to Liz Truss in the first Conservative Party leadership race of 2022, few were surprised. Many of the people given the chance to choose between the two candidates blamed Sunak for …
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Rishi Sunak is more authentic and emotional, and Liz Truss more analytical: a linguistic analysis throws up unexpected results: In a series of hustings across the country, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are talking to Conservative party members about what they plan to do if elected as leader of the party and prime minister of …
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak want to crack down on migration – an expert reviews their plans: Immigration is an ideological headache for the UK’s Conservative party, caught between its neoliberal new right that champions free markets, and its social conservatism, which immigration is said to threaten. But a restrictive immigration stance has been a …
Is race an issue for Rishi Sunak? It’s a difficult question for pollsters to investigate but the information we do have is telling: A YouGov poll of party members completed on August 2 shows Rishi Sunak to be trailing Liz Truss 31% to 69% in the Conservative leadership contest. A similar poll completed on July …
Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss? Polling shows party members want her – but the wider voting public would choose him: Flickr/UK Government, CC BY-NC-SA Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are the final two candidates chosen to go head-to-head in the battle to become the next leader of the Conservative party and, therefore, the next prime …
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to go head-to-head to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister – how their prospects compare: Conservative MPs in the UK parliament have selected former chancellor Rishi Sunak and foreign secretary Liz Truss as the final two candidates in the competition to become the next leader of their party. The winner …
Conservative leadership election: why a run-off between Penny Mordaunt and Rishi Sunak is unlikely: RJ N A second round of voting among Conservative MPs has whittled the candidates in the running to replace Boris Johnson as leader down to five. Rishi Sunak, the former chancellor, finished top with the votes of 101 Tory MPs, Penny …
Rishi Sunak’s £15 billion cost-of-living package and windfall tax: four experts respond: Rishi Sunak, the UK chancellor of the exchequer, has unveiled a £15 billion package of measures to help households with the cost of living, after energy watchdog Ofgem announced it would probably be increasing the price cap on energy bills by over £800 …
Rishi Sunak: Britain’s poorest have little privacy over their financial affairs – the chancellor shouldn’t either: Chancellor Rishi Sunak has asked the prime minister’s independent adviser to look into whether he properly declared his ministerial interests, after a week of headlines about his personal tax arrangements. The fast-rising politician, widely tipped as a future prime …
What is a non-dom? An expert answers our questions about the tax status claimed by Rishi Sunak’s wife and other wealthy people: It has emerged that Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s wife, Akshata Murty, claims non-domicile (or “non-dom”) tax status, meaning that she does not have to pay UK taxes on income earned elsewhere. This revelation has …
Spring statement: why Rishi Sunak may not use his £20 billion ‘war chest’ to tackle cost of living crisis: The accelerating crisis in the cost of living and the Ukraine conflict have thrown up major challenges for UK chancellor Rishi Sunak on the economy and the public finances. As he prepares to make the 2022 …
Omicron: Rishi Sunak’s £1 billion business injection likely to need a booster almost immediately – economist: The new and more transmissible omicron variant threatens to be a tsunami for the NHS and the British economy. Reluctantly, the UK government passed new “plan B” COVID restrictions, requiring masks to be worn in shops and public transport, …
Budget: Rishi Sunak should be preparing for a decade of disruption, not an age of optimism: The sun has got his hat on … Keith Larby Rishi Sunak may well live to regret declaring 2021 the age of optimism. A more suitable quote for our times (for any time) would rather be Benjamin Disraeli’s “I …
Rishi Sunak wants to cut taxes – and Boris Johnson’s spending plans aren’t his only problem: Zuma Press Inc/ Alamy Ever since Margaret Thatcher was in Downing Street, an important part of Conservative party narrative has been the need for low taxes. This goes alongside the fear of excessive deficits that explained why David Cameron …
Autumn budget expert Q&A: ‘Rishi Sunak is gambling that economic recovery is genuine’: Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s autumn budget and three-year spending review looks pivotal for the UK, coming amid shortages, rising prices and yet another COVID surge. With a general election due in the next couple of years, all eyes are on how the chancellor …
Rishi Sunak’s fight to raise taxes to reform social care is nothing compared to financial battles ahead: The UK government’s widely trailed announcement that it will increase national insurance taxes by more than one percentage point to fund reform of the social care system and help fund the NHS has triggered a fierce political debate. …