Politics
‘It matters’: Joe Biden describes Sunak’s rise to power as ‘groundbreaking milestone’
Rishi Sunak won the Tory leadership contest without a vote being cast after rivals Penny Mordaunt and Boris Johnson dropped out.
Wes Streeting says Sunak could be out ‘in six months’
“You can hear the knives sharpening in Westminster”
Tory party members react to Sunak as PM as some cancel memberships
Tory voters have described feeling as though their party ‘has been destroyed from within’.
Almost two-thirds of public want general election once Sunak becomes PM
The number of people supporting calls for a general election has increased since Liz Truss resigned as Prime Minister.
Sunak speech lampooned for ‘pork markets delivery style’
"The nightmare continues"
Awkward: Rishi Sunak blanks Matt Hancock at Conservative HQ
The former chancellor and former health secretary had a bit of an awkward exchange after Sunak was crowned PM.
Margaret Thatcher statue vandalised with ‘Tories Out’
"We never wanted this statue in the first place. When will the council tear it down???", one local resident said.
Rishi Sunak becomes latest UK prime minister after Mordaunt concedes defeat
The former chancellor will take over from Liz Truss after she managed to last just 44 days in the job.
Shares jump and pound recovers after Johnson withdraws from leadership race
Both the FTSE 100 and the pound gained on Monday, while the cost of Government borrowing fell.