Can Rishi Sunak escape the Tories’ death cult?
The Prime Minister has inherited the same problems that undermined the last three Conservative leaders.
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.
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The indifference that most of the public feel about the first Asian prime minister is a mark of quiet progress.
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Can Rishi Sunak possibly unite the Conservative Party?
Party divisions will open once more when the meaning of renewed austerity becomes clear.
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Rishi Sunak is caught between his ideals and the voters who put his party in power
The new prime minister believes in entrepreneurship and fiscal restraint, but inherits a coalition founded on high public spending.
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Rishi Sunak isn’t a centrist technocrat – he’s a proud Thatcherite
The new prime minister represents the same free-market world-view favoured by Liz Truss.
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Rishi Sunak to become prime minister after Penny Mordaunt withdraws
The former chancellor faces huge political and economic challenges.
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Boris Johnson’s humiliation is a moment to savour
The conman has been rumbled, the snake-oil salesman has been run out of town.
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Rishi Sunak won’t be celebrating long if he becomes prime minister
The former chancellor will inherit an economy in crisis and enfeebled public services.
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How would Labour pay for its spending plans?
A new government could overhaul a tax system that is prejudiced in favour of ownership.
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Boris Johnson’s withdrawal from the leadership race leaves Rishi Sunak on the verge of power
Only Penny Mordaunt can theoretically prevent Sunak from entering No 10 this week.
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The return of Boris Johnson would be a disaster for the Tories
The scandals that left the front pages when Johnson departed for the back benches would resurface.
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Boris Johnson’s path back to power is a treacherous one
Getting on the leadership ballot is a challenge for the former PM; seeing off the Labour threat could prove impossible.
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How Boris Johnson comes back
It’s late 2023. Things are looking bleak. The Tory party turns to its proven vote-winner.
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Liz Truss resigns as Prime Minister after just 44 days
Truss has become the shortest-serving occupant of No 10 in British history.
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Could there be a snap election?
If a Conservative prime minister called one, it would only risk their position and their party.
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Which Tory leader would Labour fear the most?
The economic crisis means Team Starmer believes the Tories will struggle under any new leader.
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Liz Truss sacks Kwasi Kwarteng – will she be next to go?
Jeremy Hunt takes over from Kwarteng, who becomes the second shortest-serving Chancellor in history.
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Fear and loathing at the Tory conference
With the big names staying away and Liz Truss desperately defending her policies, a mood of despair pervades this year’s…
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Can Liz Truss survive?
The PM is marching on in defiant hope – but the ruthless Conservative machine may eject her if there is…
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The first stirrings of rebellion against Liz Truss
The riotous market response to the mini-Budget has, for some Tory MPs, destroyed the PM’s authority as party leader.
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