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LONDON, May 22, 2024 (AFP) – UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday set a general election date for July 4, ending months of speculation but not the doom-laden forecasts about the size of the government’s expected defeat. The poll will be the first time Sunak, 44, faces the public while in charge, after he was appointed leader of the largest party in parliament by Conservative MPs in October 2022. The vote — the third […]
By Joe JACKSON, Peter HUTCHISON LONDON, Nov 13, 2023 (AFP) – Former UK leader David Cameron sensationally returned to the British government as foreign secretary on Monday, as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak shook up his top team ahead of a general election expected next year. Sunak sacked right-wing firebrand Suella Braverman as interior minister, after critics accused her of heightening tensions during weeks of contentious pro-Palestinian demonstrations and counter-protests in Britain. He replaced her with […]
London, United Kingdom | AFP | New British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday vowed to fix the errors made by his predecessor Liz Truss while warning of “difficult” decisions ahead. Speaking on the steps of Downing Street after being appointed premier by King Charles III, Sunak spoke of Truss’s “noble” aims but said some “mistakes” had been made. “Right now our country is facing a profound economic crisis, the aftermath of Covid still lingers, […]
London, United Kingdom | AFP | by Joe Jackson and Helen Rowe Former finance minister Rishi Sunak on Monday won the battle for leader of Britain’s Conservative party and will become the country’s first prime minister of colour. Penny Mordaunt, the last rival left after Boris Johnson dramatically pulled out, failed to secure the necessary 100 nominations from her fellow MPs. “Rishi Sunak is therefore elected as leader of the Conservative party,” senior backbencher […]
London, United Kingdom | AFP | British politician Rishi Sunak was Monday elected Conservative leader and will become the next prime minister, after rival Penny Mordaunt failed to secure the necessary 100 nominations from her fellow MPs. “Rishi Sunak is therefore elected as leader of the Conservative Party,” senior backbencher Graham Brady said, as Mordaunt vowed her “full support” for the former finance minister. jit/am/rox © Agence France-Presse
London, United Kingdom | AFP | by Joe JACKSON Former prime minister Boris Johnson on Saturday returned to Britain from a holiday to launch an audacious political comeback, as Conservative leadership rival Rishi Sunak reached the minimum threshold to contest the UK’s top job. Johnson cut short a Caribbean trip to join the seemingly three-person race to replace outgoing leader Liz Truss, with allies telling British media he was “up for it”. The divisive 58-year-old […]
