Rishi Sunak
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Rishi Sunak has kicked off 2024’s political season with a hint at when the next general election will be – saying it’s his “working assumption” it will happen in the second half of the year. Speculation has been rife for months about when the prime minister will choose to go to the polls, with some…
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Right-wing Tories have threatened to vote down emergency Rwanda deportation legislation in the new year if it is not tightened. Rishi Sunak avoided a damaging Tory rebellion on Tuesday night over his flagship Rwanda bill in a crunch vote in the Commons. The totemic legislation, which aims to revive the stalled £290m deportation scheme after the Supreme…
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Today should have been a good day for Rishi Sunak. With inflation down to 4.6%, the UK government is all but guaranteed to meet its major pledge to halve inflation by the end of the year. Yet this win on the cost of living has been completely overshadowed by the Rwanda plan and events in…
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Rishi Sunak and Benjamin Netanyahu are giving a news conference in Jerusalem. Mr Netanyahu says Hamas “are the new Nazis and the new ISIS” and this current war in the Middle East is a “battle for the free world”. “We have two forces here. One is an act of evil led by Iran which want…
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Rishi Sunak and Israeli President Isaac Herzog have agreed on the “importance” of getting “urgent humanitarian support” to Palestinians in Gaza. Downing Street said the prime minister welcomed yesterday’s announcement that Israel would not stop aid from entering Gaza via Egypt, during talks between the pair today. “He expressed his sincere hope that further progress…
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The prime minister has told Israel “The UK stands with you” as he holds talks in Tel Aviv. Speaking as he arrived at the airport, Rishi Sunak said: “I’m here to express my solidarity with the Israeli people. “You have suffered an unspeakable, horrific act of terrorism and I want you to know that the…
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Rishi Sunak has told world leaders that aid from the UK to Ukraine will continue “for as long as it takes”. Number 10 said the prime minister spoke during a call convened by Joe Biden – see 16.21 post – to stress the UK’s ongoing support for Kyiv. In a statement, a spokesman said: “The…
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Rishi Sunak has claimed a general election is “not what the country wants”, despite insisting he is unafraid of going to the polls. Sky News’s political editor Beth Rigby put it to the prime minister that he was a “man without a mandate” – having lost the Tory leadership election last year, before being appointed…
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