Healthcare strikes not in the best interests of patients or NHS, says Wes Streeting
The shadow health secretary believes that strikes will not solve the “biggest crisis” in the health service’s history.
ByRishi Sunak
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.
Who will bear the brunt of Rishi Sunak’s austerity?
At his first PMQs as leader, Sunak successfully evaded questions on where cuts will fall.
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Rishi Sunak doesn’t “owe” anything to this country just because he has immigrant roots
His words imply British ethnic minorities are in debt to the country.
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Joe Biden gets a new UK prime minister – again
The political chaos in Westminster has raised eyebrows – and some concerns – in Washington.
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Alok Sharma: I can still represent the UK at Cop27
The Cop26 president will still negotiate on the government’s behalf, despite the gap between its policies and promises on climate.
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Sunak’s cabinet is overwhelmingly private school educated
More than six in ten of those attending Rishi Sunak‘s first cabinet are privately educated, research from the Sutton Trust…
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Rishi Sunak’s first PMQs exposes his political vulnerabilities
The Prime Minister struggled to defend the reappointment of Suella Braverman and his boast that he took public money out…
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Rishi Sunak should remember prime ministers are replaceable, species are not
If Sunak really wants to make a clean start he should swap protest-crackdowns for nature protection.
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Rishi Sunak cannot save the housing market
The Prime Minister has done more than most to encourage new buyers into a needlessly overheated market.
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Sasha Swire’s Diary: Rishi Rich in No 10, lords-in-waiting, and a case of the green-eyed monster
It’s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than to get a seat in the…
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Labour demands investigation into Rishi Sunak’s comments on taking money from “deprived urban areas”
Lisa Nandy has written to Michael Gove asking for an independent investigation to establish which funding formulas were changed by…
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How Keir Starmer plans to take on Rishi Sunak
The Labour leader is seeking a strategy that reflects how different the Prime Minister is from his predecessors.
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Rishi Sunak heralds the endgame for Scottish nationalism
If the SNP cannot beat the Prime Minister and his promise of restored order, it will have to change irrevocably.
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Leader: Rishi Sunak’s missing mandate
After three years of decline and drift since the 2019 election, the British people deserve their say.
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How the Tories lost the plot
The Conservative Party’s leadership crises have led to institutional collapse
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Rishi Sunak’s cabinet exposes how weak he is
The Prime Minister has chosen a combination of old faces and factional enemies for his front bench.
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Rishi Sunak’s ruthless streak should worry Labour
The new Prime Minister has shown he is willing to discard people and policies to secure his advancement.
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Rishi Sunak isn’t the UK’s Barack Obama
He doesn’t represent change, hope or success against the odds.
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Will Liz Truss try to undermine Rishi Sunak from the backbenches?
In her final speech, the outgoing prime minister showed she remains a defiant ideologue, and sounded a warning over higher…
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“The Tories betrayed us”: Britain is ready for a general election
With the cost of living rising and levelling up a forgotten dream, people around the country feel frustrated and let…
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