DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Chancellor's troubles are a gift to Labour
2 years, 8 months ago

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Chancellor's troubles are a gift to Labour

Daily Mail  

For many, the cost of living crisis is already having a devastating impact on their monthly pay packet. Soaring energy costs, rising council tax bills, not to mention the Government's ill-advised hike in national insurance, have squeezed household budgets to the limit. Revelations about Rishi Sunak's wife's non-domiciled tax status, as well as his mysterious US green card, may alone not be a resignation matter. Boris at his very best Even Boris sceptics must have felt a swell of patriotic pride over the Prime Minister's surprise visit to Kyiv at the weekend. Even Boris sceptics must have felt a swell of patriotic pride over the Prime Minister's surprise visit to Kyiv at the weekend Meanwhile, he has corralled our initially hesitant European neighbours into action.

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Rishi Sunak has lurched to the right on immigration – but it won’t solve his problems
1 year, 1 month ago

Rishi Sunak has lurched to the right on immigration – but it won’t solve his problems

The Independent  

The government has pressed the panic button after official figures last month showed that net migration has tripled since the 2019 election, rising to a record 745,000 in 2022 and 672,000 in the 12 months to June this year. Rishi Sunak has been pressured into a handbrake turn by noisy, right-wing Conservative MPs and even ministers such as Robert Jenrick, …

Rishi Sunak's 100 days as UK PM: Strikes, rebellion, sleaze claims leave conservative leader little to celebrate
1 year, 11 months ago

Rishi Sunak's 100 days as UK PM: Strikes, rebellion, sleaze claims leave conservative leader little to celebrate

Firstpost  

After 100 days as prime minister, Rishi Sunak has little to celebrate as double-digit inflation fuels a winter of misery for many Britons. Strikes forced the closure of schools, railways, and other public sectors, with the Opposition portraying the wealthy premier as ‘weak’ and out of touch London**:** On reaching 100 days in 10 Downing Street this week, Rishi Sunak …

Rishi Sunak: The first 100 days in Downing Street
1 year, 11 months ago

Rishi Sunak: The first 100 days in Downing Street

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rishi Sunak entered No 10 promising to restore good government …

Rishi Sunak May Find it Difficult to Make it To 10 Downing Street: Here’s Why - News18
2 years, 4 months ago

Rishi Sunak May Find it Difficult to Make it To 10 Downing Street: Here’s Why - News18

News 18  

After the resignation of Boris Johnson, the Tory leadership was left wide open for several candidates. As the current membership of the Tory party decides the fate of Rishi Sunak, we need to understand his TV debates, appeals and policies in the context of appeasing and winning over the Tory member base, and not general voters. The Tory member base …

Rishi Sunak claims Liz Truss's stance will leave MILLIONS at risk of 'real destitution'
2 years, 4 months ago

Rishi Sunak claims Liz Truss's stance will leave MILLIONS at risk of 'real destitution'

Daily Mail  

Tory leadership candidates Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak tonight continued their fierce clashes over how they would deal with the cost-of-living crisis if they become prime minister. Elsewhere at tonight's event: Ms Truss promised to lift the ban on fracking so it can take place in areas with local support; She left open the possibility of leaving the European Convention …

Rishi Sunak defends himself after boasting about diverting cash AWAY from 'deprived urban areas'
2 years, 5 months ago

Rishi Sunak defends himself after boasting about diverting cash AWAY from 'deprived urban areas'

Daily Mail  

Rishi Sunak has defended his remarks about how he took cash away from 'deprived urban areas' and gave it to more prosperous towns. Labour said it was 'scandalous' that Mr Sunak was 'openly boasting that he fixed the rules to funnel taxpayers' money to rich Tory shires'. Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen said: 'They should post the full clip, which …

Rishi Sunak said his resignation as chancellor wasn’t ‘disloyal’ but ‘the right thing to do’
2 years, 5 months ago

Rishi Sunak said his resignation as chancellor wasn’t ‘disloyal’ but ‘the right thing to do’

The Telegraph  

Rishi Sunak has said he would have resigned from Boris Johnson’s government over economic policy even if he hadn’t faced “ethical” issues. “It wouldn’t have been right for the country to have a prime minister and a chancellor who weren’t on the same page about economic policy going into the situation that we are going into,” he told members. It’s …

Rishi Sunak U-turns and promises £4bn energy bills cut - hours after he he held Kate McCann's hand
2 years, 5 months ago

Rishi Sunak U-turns and promises £4bn energy bills cut - hours after he he held Kate McCann's hand

Daily Mail  

Rishi Sunak makes a desperate bid to claw back lost ground in the Tory leadership race today by promising a £4billion VAT cut on energy bills just hours after he and his rival Liz Truss led tributes to TalkTV presenter Kate McCann after she fainted live on air. Conservative PM hopeful Rishi Sunak is seen clutching a small bag as …

Indian-origin Rishi Sunak likely to replace Johnson as UK PM: 5 things to know
2 years, 6 months ago

Indian-origin Rishi Sunak likely to replace Johnson as UK PM: 5 things to know

Live Mint  

In the latest and potentially fatal blow to the Boris Johnson government, two of his most senior ministers, Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid, resigned within minutes of each other on Tuesday, expressing a lack of confidence in the UK PM' s leadership. 5 things to know about Rishi Sunak - Sunak, who resigned as finance minister on Tuesday saying the …

‘Rishi Sunak quits: Who is running the crumbling economy right now?’
2 years, 6 months ago

‘Rishi Sunak quits: Who is running the crumbling economy right now?’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The prime minister was left scrambling to appoint a …

Rishi Sunak’s wife announces she will now pay UK tax on overseas income
2 years, 9 months ago

Rishi Sunak’s wife announces she will now pay UK tax on overseas income

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murty has bowed to pressure and …

Rishi turns on Boris over 'awful' leaks about non-dom wife Akshata Murty's tax arrangements
2 years, 9 months ago

Rishi turns on Boris over 'awful' leaks about non-dom wife Akshata Murty's tax arrangements

Daily Mail  

Rishi Sunak's ambition of becoming the next prime minister were collapsing today as the multi-millionaire found himself at the centre of a major row over his family finances. Rishi Sunak was hit by a political backlash over the news that his heiress wife Akshata Murty is domiciled in India for tax purposes Sunak's allies laid the blame at No10, where …

RACHEL REEVES calls on Rishi Sunak to 'grasp the seriousness of the situation'
2 years, 9 months ago

RACHEL REEVES calls on Rishi Sunak to 'grasp the seriousness of the situation'

Daily Mail  

The Chancellor faces a historic moment on Wednesday. Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, pictured, says 'inflation is soaring, and is set to get worse' The ill-timed National Insurance rise is even more misguided when you look at how much extra tax revenue he is raking in from soaring prices, which gives him billions of pounds of wriggle room. Rachel Reeves says: …

Rishi Sunak is trying to keep up the balancing act but is pleasing nobody
4 years, 3 months ago

Rishi Sunak is trying to keep up the balancing act but is pleasing nobody

The Independent  

The most popular politician in Britain knows that he will be unpopular one day, a day that he hopes to put off for as long as possible. Meanwhile, Anneliese Dodds, the shadow chancellor, was ready with her instant response, coming indistinctly from the opposite direction, claiming that Sunak “is having to tear up his Winter Economic Plan before the autumn …

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