Sunak has change of heart on COP27
There is an outside chance the PM will make an appearance at the talks in Egypt if progress is made on tax and spend decisions.
There is an outside chance the PM will make an appearance at the talks in Egypt if progress is made on tax and spend decisions.
New British PM Rishi Sunak has recreated Liz Truss’s top team and retained leading allies of Boris Johnson in a cabinet that emphasises continuity over change.
After the chaos of the past months, this sensible appointment shows the British political system is functioning again.
Inflation is now 10.1 per cent and rising, while an energy crisis has forced the government to spend billions of pounds to cap home energy bills.
Boris Johnson pulled out of the leadership contest on Sunday night but said he could come back to lead the Conservatives into the next general election.
Britain’s new PM is almost certainly going to be Rishi Sunak after Boris Johnson decided not to nominate for the Conservative party leadership.
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The prospect of the former PM becoming bogged down by an inquiry if he were to win the leadership is weighing on Tory MPs.
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are poised to battle for the leadership of their fractured ruling party.
Anthony Albanese backs higher social spending in Tuesday’s budget as non-inflationary and the Treasurer says wage growth is still expected to remain below inflation until 2024.
As Rishi Sunak reached the minimum threshold to contest the UK’s top job, Boris Johnson returned from holiday to launch his own bid.
It might sound like hyperbole but the next week will be one of the most tumultuous in recent British political history.
Boris Johnson leaves only political death or injury in his wake so a return could kill the party and would wound the country.
The minute he was ousted was the moment Boris Johnson thought he could return as PM for a second term. But even he would not have expected this.
As a child, Liz Truss had to win at Monopoly or she’d quit. Looking at her career, it’s now clear there was always more promise than delivery, more image than substance.
Boris Johnson is attempting to make an extraordinary political comeback by challenging Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt.
Boris Johnson and his ex-chancellor Rishi Sunak are favoured to face off in an explosive Conservative party race to become the next British PM.
The instability wrought by Ms Truss and her party has been highly damaging. It has handed Labour a path to power that it has not had for many years.
Former minister attacks ‘cruel’ plans and ‘lurch to right’. Prime Minister popular with just 14 per cent of public.
The Queen has postponed a privy council meeting after a ‘full day’ in which she personally accepted Boris Johnson’s resignation and Liz Truss as his replacement at Balmoral.
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