No justice for civil servants in Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle
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Rishi Sunak is a member of the Conservative Party who was prime minister between October 2022 and July 2024. Sunak has been MP for Richmond since 2015 and before becoming PM he served as chancellor of the Exchequer from 13 February 2020 to 5 July 2022. Thanks to a Fulbright scholarship, he studied philosophy, politics and economics at Lincoln College, Oxford, and did an MBA at Stanford University. Find all our latest news, comment and analysis of the former prime minister here.
Leader: What comes after Conservatism
The fantasy of a libertarian Brexit is over; delusions of tax cuts must now give way to a programme of…
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Letter of the week: Money, money, money
Write to [email protected] to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak have more in common than they would like to admit
Both have cast themselves as the antidote to the chaotic leaderships of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.
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Could Rishi Sunak U-turn on Cop27?
The Prime Minister may now conclude that the political risks of not attending the climate conference are too great.
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In the age of anger, who will offer a vision of the good life?
Labour must remember that there is no progressive politics without optimism.
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Inside the BBC reckoning over its economic coverage
With austerity looming, a review is investigating whether journalists have been prone to bias and misleading analogies.
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The real fantasy economics is Rishi Sunak’s claim that spending cuts are unavoidable
The fiscally responsible approach is to build a strong economy through public investment and tax increases on the wealthy.
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Suella Braverman’s migrant “invasion” claim hides her lack of ideas
For all its rhetoric, the government has no real plan for managing cross-Channel immigration.
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Will Suella Braverman survive?
As new revelations emerge, Rishi Sunak is under increasing pressure to sack the Home Secretary.
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Rishi Sunak must abandon the lie that Brexit has been good for the UK
The Prime Minister should start by admitting the damage that leaving the EU has done – and then begin to…
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Another Tory relaunch? More like Cabinet of the Living Dead
Looking at this government, it’s hard to escape the conclusion that the Conservatives need an election just as much as…
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How long will Rishi Sunak last?
The Conservative Party has normalised chaotic rebellion. It won’t take much for it to reignite.
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The planet and our economy need strong UK leadership at Cop27
Rishi Sunak is missing an opportunity to show he means business on the climate.
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Suella Braverman shows how Rishi Sunak will struggle to escape the past
The new Prime Minister has inherited the finances of Liz Truss, the scandals of Boris Johnson and the divisiveness of…
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A message to the new health secretary: don’t scrap the health inequalities review
Steve Barclay should revive the nixed plans on tackling thealth disparities brought to light by the pandemic.
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Why do the Tories hate north London?
There’s something uncomfortable about how the area has become the butt of Tory jokes about out-of-touch elites.
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No teacher believes Rishi Sunak will transform education
The Tories have been saying the same thing for 12 years – and what do they have to show for…
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Rishi Sunak’s “grown-up” austerity is a gift to the wealthy
The Prime Minister is serving the corporate and financial zombies kept alive for so long by low interest rates.
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Rishi Sunak has made a dangerous bargain with the populist right
The Prime Minister’s quest to restore prosperity will be undermined by his stance on Brexit and immigration.
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