The Latest Breaking News from ​​Rishi Sunak

Keir Starmer’s had a torrid fortnight, but the big picture is bleakest for Rishi Sunak

The double whammy of byelection humiliations for the Tories matters more than Labour’s horror show in Rochdale

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2024

Conservatives will never win by being Reform UK–lite

The Tories’ ‘stop the boats’ plan is doomed to be exploited by rival parties, while Labour has made levelling up its own

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2024

Sunak is warned spending squeeze could lead to Conservative party wipeout at election

As fresh party infighting erupts after two byelection losses, the right are targeting public service funding to pay for tax cuts while others urge restraint

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2024

Sunak urged to block anyone convicted of sexual offences from standing as MP

Formal rules to block relevant candidates will make it easier to ‘weed out the bad apples’, politicians say

The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2024

Keir Starmer paid £99,400 in UK tax on £404,000 income, Labour reveals

Details about leader’s finances for 2022-23 come after Rishi Sunak revealed he paid more than £508,000 of tax on £2.2m plus

The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2024

The Guardian view on more Tory byelection misery: civil war looms on the right

Editorial: The strong performance of Reform UK has placed Rishi Sunak in a strategic bind from which he will struggle to escape

The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2024

Sunak faces conflicting calls over Tory path forward after bruising byelections

Loudest voices urge further tack to right after Reform UK gains but moderates argue general election can only be won on centre ground

The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2024

OPINION - If the Tories didn't like last night, they may not enjoy the upcoming local elections

This isn't going to be one of those newsletters that opens with a Tony Blair reference, a convoluted 1990s pop culture storyline or a self-deprecating yet witty personal anecdote. We can leave those at home. Instead, allow me to regurgitate three things the godfather of psephology, Sir John Curtice, said…

Evening Standard · Feb 16, 2024

Tory MPs warn Sunak veering further right would be ‘politically disastrous’

Leading members of party’s One Nation caucus caution against any ‘attempt to become the Reform party’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2024

Starmer Faces Biggest Leadership Test In Upcoming Gaza 'Immediate Ceasefire' Vote

Starmer is facing his biggest leadership test yet as a parliamentary motion that calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Israel looms.

International Business Times UK · Feb 16, 2024