Rishi Sunak to become Britain’s next PM after months of turmoil
London, UK Reuters Rishi Sunak will become Britain’s first prime minister of colour on Tuesday after he won the race to lead the Conservative Party, tasked with steering a deeply divided country through an economic downturn set to leave millions of people poorer. One of the wealthiest politicians in Westminster, Sunak, 42, will become the […]
Boris Johnson drops UK PM comeback bid, Sunak favourite to win
London, UKReuters Rishi Sunak looked set to become Britain’s next prime minister after Boris Johnson withdrew from the contest on Sunday, saying that although he had enough support to make the final ballot he realised the country and the Conservative Party needed unity. Johnson had raced home from a holiday in the Caribbean to try […]
Essay: Liz Truss resigns as Prime Minister – the five causes of her downfall explained
MATTHEW FLINDERS, founding director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics at University of Sheffield, looks at five “key elements” at play in the rise and fall of Liz Truss…
UK to propose asylum ban on English Channel migrants
Birmingham, UKReuters British interior minister Suella Braverman set out plans on Tuesday for new powers which would ban migrants who cross the English Channel from claiming asylum and said it was her “dream” to see a government flight deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda. The government has been under pressure to deal with the rising number of […]
Britain’s new PM Truss vows to ride out economic storm
London, UKReuters Liz Truss took over as Britain’s Prime Minister on Tuesday, vowing immediate action to tackle one of the most daunting set of challenges for an incoming leader in post-war history led by soaring energy bills, looming recession and industrial strife. Truss, the fourth Conservative prime minister in six years and successor to Boris […]
Liz Truss named as Britain’s next Prime Minister
Last updated: 11pm (AEST)London, UK Reuters Liz Truss will become Britain’s next prime minister after winning a leadership race for the governing Conservative party on Monday, vowing to press ahead with promises of tax cuts and to deal with a growing energy crisis. After weeks of an often bad-tempered and divisive leadership contest, Truss, currently […]
Ancestral ties: India avidly watching British leadership race
Mumbai, IndiaReuters Half a world away from the political drama in London, many Indians are closely following the twists and turns of who replaces Boris Johnson as British prime minister, curious to see how two candidates with Indian ancestry fare. Rishi Sunak, the bookmakers’ favourite to prevail, and Suella Braverman are campaigning for the Conservative […]
New UK prime minister to be announced on 5th September as tax dominates contest
London, UKReuters Britain’s new prime minister will be announced on 5th September, with the first votes to begin eliminating candidates in a crowded and increasingly unpredictable and divisive contest to replace Boris Johnson coming this week. So far 11 candidates have thrown their hat in the ring to succeed Johnson as leader of the ruling […]
Candidates jostle to replace UK PM Johnson in packed race
London, UKReuters The contest to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gathered pace on Sunday as five more candidates declared their intention to run, with many pledging lower taxes and a clean start from Johnson’s scandal-ridden premiership. Johnson on Thursday said he would resign as prime minister, after lawmakers and cabinet colleagues rebelled over his […]
Updated: Boris Johnson quits as UK Prime Minister, dragged down by scandals
Updated 3.25pm, 8th July, 2022(AEST)London, UKReuters Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson announced on Thursday he would quit as British Prime Minister after he dramatically lost the support of his ministers and most Conservative lawmakers, but said he would stay on until his successor was chosen. Bowing to the inevitable as more than 50 government ministers and aides […]