Politics
Boris Johnson was ‘begging for votes’, senior Tory says
Johnson pulled out of the leadership race on Sunday, saying he had secured the number of MPs required to go to a membership vote.
Body language expert says Rishi Sunak ‘had fear in his eyes’ in first speech
Judi James said the prime minister in waiting’s charm was "drained" and he showed he can be "just as robotic as Liz Truss, if not more".
‘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.