The Latest Breaking News from ​​Rishi Sunak

The Independent revealed last week that Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt were talking about scrapping the second stage of HS2 rail project as costs spiral amid severe delays.

The figure is higher than the £6 million daily cost cited by Home Secretary Suella Braverman in the Commons on Monday.

Downing Street recognised the claims as ‘serious’ but was ‘not looking to conflate’ them with trade talks with Delhi.

Mayor accuses Rishi Sunak of ‘going AWOL’ for failing to attend summit of world leaders

There are occasions when governments — even those that appear long in the tooth — still have the capability and fight to win from behind. A cursory glance at 20th-century British political history suggests that, much of the time, and practically whatever the prevailing conditions, the Tories find a way…

Starmer’s Labour faces a very different Conservative Party to the one Miliband faced in 2015

Prime Minister’s satisfaction rating plumbs depths – but there’s no groundswell of support for the Labour leader either, exclusive Ipsos survey for the Evening Standard finds

Rishi Sunak’s government seen as less competent that Boris Johnson’s administration

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is not attending the UN General Assembly this week.

Health secretary Steve Barclay proposes minimum service levels for doctors and nurses to ‘provide safety net’

Andy Burnham says reports Rishi Sunak wants to cut route short at Birmingham ‘beggared belief’