Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (center left) and newly appointed Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Grant Shapps (center right) are given a tour of the District Energy Centre in central London, Feb 7, 2023. (PHOTO / POOL / AP) LONDON – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reshuffled his cabinet on Tuesday, breaking up two […]
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Sunak fined by police for failing to wear seat belt
In this file photo dated Dec 9, 2022, Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reacts during his visit to Royal Air Force RAF Coningsby, near Lincoln, eastern England. (JOE GIDDENS / POOL / AFP) LONDON – British police fined Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday for failing to wear a seat belt while he filmed a […]
UK’s Sunak sees hope on boats action
'Confidence' on tackling migrant flows follows meeting with France's Macron French President Emmanuel Macron (left) shakes hands with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday. (STEFAN ROUSSEAU / REUTERS) Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and France's President Emmanuel Macron have had their first face-to-face talks, at the COP 27 climate summit […]
UK PM Sunak vows to ‘fix mistakes’, restore stability
Britain's newly appointed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak waves as he poses outside to door to 10 Downing Street in central London, on Oct 25, 2022, after delivering his first speech as prime minister. (DANIEL LEAL / AFP) LONDON – Britain's new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday pledged to "fix the mistakes" made by the Truss […]
Rishi Sunak set to take over as next UK PM
Conservative Party leadership candidate Rishi Sunak leaves the campaign office in London, Oct 24, 2022. (ABERTO PEZZALI / AP) LONDON – Rishi Sunak, former chancellor of the exchequer of the United Kingdom, on Monday won the ruling Conservative Party's leadership contest. He will replace Liz Truss as the country's new prime minister. Sunak was the […]
UK leadership candidate Sunak attacks virus lockdown response
Rishi Sunak addresses Conservative Party members during the Conservative leadership election hustings at the NEC, Birmingham, England on Aug 23, 2022. (RUI VIEIRA / AP) LONDON – Former finance minister Rishi Sunak, one of two candidates vying to be Britain's next prime minister, said it was a mistake to have "empowered" scientists during the coronavirus pandemic […]
UK prime minister hopefuls feud over tax and spending plans
A handout picture released by the BBC, taken and received on July 25, 2022, shows Conservative politicians and candidates to be the Leader of the Conservative Party, and Britain's next Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak (left) and Liss Truss (center), as they appear on the BBC's 'The UK's Next Prime Minister: The Debate', in Victoria Hall […]