British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that anyone involved in using inside information to bet on the date of Britain’s July 4 national election should be expelled. Photo: Reuters 4 min read Last Updated : Jun 21 2024 | 7:20 AM IST British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that anyone involved in...
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UK PM Sunak’s Conservatives set for heavy election defeat, polls forecast
Three opinion polls on Wednesday predicted a record defeat for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak‘s Conservatives at a July 4 election, forecasting the Labour Party would comfortably win a large majority after 14 years in opposition. Polling by YouGov showed Keir Starmer’s Labour was on track to win 425 parliamentary seats in Britain’s 650-strong House...
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Amidst Gaza war UK licences to sell arms to Israel dropped to 13year low
The British government says Israel has the right to self-defence. (Photo: Bloomberg) 4 min read Last Updated : Jun 18 2024 | 5:27 PM IST Britain’s approval of arms export licences to Israel dropped sharply after the start of the war against Hamas in Gaza, with the value of permits granted for the sale...
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The UK’s second-biggest city has been plunged into debt and darkness
In short: The second-largest city in the United Kingdom is in heavy debt, with childhood poverty near 50 per cent. The city is turning out street lights at night and only collecting garbage fortnightly to save money. What’s next? The UK heads to the polls on July 4 as Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party faces a...
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Rishi Sunak: Britain’s embattled Conservative leader
Rishi Sunak is seeking his own public mandate at next month’s general election having been installed as Conservative leader and UK prime minister by his own colleagues in parliament. The 44-year-old former financier was tasked with stabilising the UK economy, and his own notoriously fractious party, when he succeeded Liz Truss in October 2022 after...
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Reform UK Overtakes Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives In Opinion Poll
Reform’s poll rating has risen since Farage said he was returning to frontline politics. London: Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Party overtook Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party in an opinion poll for the first time on Thursday ahead of Britain’s election on July 4. The poll by YouGov for the Times newspaper put Reform UK...
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UK Elections: Labour Leader Puts Wealth Creation At Heart Of Poll Offer
British opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer will unveil his party’s agenda for government on Thursday. London: British opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer will unveil his party’s agenda for government on Thursday, putting wealth creation and economic growth at the heart of his pitch to voters before a July 4 election that polls say he is...
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Didn’t have Sky TV Whilst Growing Up, says Rishi Sunak to Prove He Isn’t Out of Touch – Republic World
UK PM and Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak during an election campaign event in east London. | Image:AP British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is reportedly wealthier than King Charles, shared that he went without “lots of things” during his childhood, including Sky TV. This revelation came in response to questions about whether he understands...
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UK PM Rishi Sunak Cites Growing Up Without Sky TV As Example Of Hardship
Rishi Sunak’s family’s net worth is estimated to be just over 650 million pounds. (File) London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, whose family is estimated to be wealthier than King Charles, said he went without “lots of things” as a child, including Sky TV, when asked if he was in touch with the struggles of...
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Rishi Sunak warns of Labour ‘blank cheque’ as Farage makes postal vote claim
‘Don’t hand a blank cheque to Labour’, PM pleads Rishi Sunak has called on voters not to hand a “blank cheque” to the Labour Party as the Tories continue to fall in the polls. This comes after a bombshell YouGov poll showed the Conservatives had fallen behind Reform for the first time. “If this poll...
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UK’s Rishi Sunak offers more tax cuts as election polls refuse to budge
SILVERSTONE(ENGLAND): Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged to cut 17 billion pounds ($21.7 billion) of taxes for working people if re-elected, in a final throw of the dice to overturn polls that put him on course for a heavy defeat in Britain’s July 4 election.With his Conservative Party consistently about 20 points behind Keir Starmer‘s opposition...
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Rise in Britain’s jobless rate muddies PM Sunak’s message to voters
Sunak, whose pitch to voters rests on the idea that the economy is improving under his management, can at least point to a robust increase in wages. Photo: Reuters 3 min read Last Updated : Jun 11 2024 | 2:17 PM IST Britain’s labour market showed more signs of cooling in April as the...