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Sunak to fight Irish attempt to strike down Troubles law in ECHR
Military leaders and Tory MPs united in outrage, accusing Irish PM of meddling in British politics in trying to overturn soldiers' immunity The UK Government vowed on Wednesday to fight Ireland over its “misguided” legal challenge to a flagship British law that gives immunity to hundreds of soldiers involved in the Troubles.In an attack on
Rishi Sunak: “My primary concern was protecting millions of jobs”
Giving evidence at the Covid inquiry today (11 December), Sunak said that the scheme, which was designed to encourage diners back into restaurants in the early part of the week, was created to save jobs and that any concerns over whether it might lead to an increase in cases of Covid were not raised at
Rishi Sunak, UK’s first PM of colour
Conservative lawmaker Rishi Sunak in central London on Sunday. — AFPLONDON: Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak is set to make history by becoming the first Hindu and first non-white person of Pakistan and Indian origin to become Britain’s prime minister.Rishi Sunak MP, 42, was born in Southampton to Hindu-Punjabi parents but his grandparents were born
Rishi Sunak to become Britain’s new prime minister
In this file photo taken on February 03, 2022 Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak hosts a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room. — AFP LONDON: Former finance minister Rishi Sunak on Monday won the battle for leader of Britain's Conservative party and will become the country's first prime minister of colour.Penny Mordaunt
Sunak threatened by new winter of discontent after UK recovery fizzles out
Rising prices, queues at the petrol pumps and a flatlining economy provide a sobering backdrop to Rishi Sunak’s speech at the Conservative party conference in Manchester on Monday .The outlook was more promising only three months ago when the UK was recovering quickly from the lockdown restrictions imposed at the start of the year. Sunak…