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Page 13 - Latest Updates on Rishi Sunak

UK PM Election 2022: Voting, result date, top contenders, and other details

How does the UK elect its new prime minister? Check details here. Rishi Sunak, 42, an Indian-origin leader, has been leading the voting rounds so far

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Updated On : 26 Jul 2022 | 7:49 PM IST

Rishi Sunak vows to work 'night and day' in campaign to be UK PM

Former UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has vowed to work night and day as he began the last leg of his campaign on Thursday to win over the Conservative Party membership

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Updated On : 21 Jul 2022 | 7:23 PM IST

UK's Sunak and Truss go through to final stage of leadership contest

Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Wednesday made it through to the final stage of the leadership contest to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson

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Updated On : 20 Jul 2022 | 10:47 PM IST

Clashes, bidding, rigging: Vote to pick final 2 in UK PM race heats up

The hottest day in history may be over but the heat of the Conservative Party leadership battle intensified on Wednesday as Tory lawmakers cast their last round of votes to finalise last 2 candidates

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Updated On : 20 Jul 2022 | 7:31 PM IST

Rishi Sunak tops new vote to edge closer to final spot in UK PM race

The British Indian former Chancellor received 118 votes in the fourth round of voting by his party colleagues

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Updated On : 19 Jul 2022 | 10:23 PM IST

Race for UK leadership heats up, Rishi Sunak nearly certain to make top two

Conservative Party MPs will vote for a fourth time in the contest to elect Johnson's successor as party leader and UK prime minister, after the latest ballot left Rishi Sunak looking almost certain

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Updated On : 19 Jul 2022 | 8:08 AM IST

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak tops new UK PM vote as only 4 remain in race

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Monday topped the latest round of voting among the Conservative Party members of Parliament as the race to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister

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Updated On : 19 Jul 2022 | 7:04 AM IST

Talk of socialism adds spice to abrasive UK leaders' debate in race for PM

Rishi Sunak accused Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt, his two closest rivals, of "socialism" as he attacked their plans to cut taxes and borrow more

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Updated On : 18 Jul 2022 | 10:56 AM IST

Voters believe Rishi Sunak will make good PM, UK opinion poll finds

Almost half of the voters for the UK's governing Conservative Party believe Rishi Sunak will make a good Prime Minister, according to the results of a new opinion poll on Sunday.

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Updated On : 17 Jul 2022 | 10:09 PM IST

Battle on for second place to beat Rishi Sunak in British PM race

Sunak, who was the winner of the first two rounds of voting by Tory members of Parliament, will appear for a series of televised debates over the weekend with his remaining opponents

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Updated On : 15 Jul 2022 | 5:55 PM IST

News updates: Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Lanka's interim president

Live news updates: Wickremesinghe, 73, was sworn in as the acting president of Sri Lanka before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya

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Updated On : 15 Jul 2022 | 2:19 PM IST

Rishi Sunak tops second round of voting in UK leadership contest

There are now five candidates left in the Tory leadership contest after Suella Braverman, the Indian-origin Attorney General in the fray, was knocked off the shortlist with the least votes at 27

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Updated On : 15 Jul 2022 | 2:42 AM IST

LIVE: Lankan Prez Gotabaya Rajapaksa headed to Saudi Arabia, says report

Live news upedates: Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is headed to Saudi Arabia via Singapore

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Updated On : 14 Jul 2022 | 1:22 PM IST

Rishi Sunak wins first round of Conservative Party leadership vote in UK

Sunak, Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy's son-in-law, told the BBC he feels great about the result of the first round of voting

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Updated On : 13 Jul 2022 | 11:49 PM IST

First round of ballots to be cast in UK PM race as Sunak holds on to lead

358 Tory members of Parliament will cast first set of votes for their favourites and the shortlisted candidates will progress to the next round if they receive the backing of at least 30 colleagues

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Updated On : 13 Jul 2022 | 5:03 PM IST

UK PM race most diverse in history, two British Indians on shortlist

As the race to replace Boris Johnson as British Prime Minister just officially begun, it has already made history for its diverse line-up of candidates, including two British Indians

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Updated On : 13 Jul 2022 | 11:51 AM IST

Rishi Sunak hits threshold for PM race; gets support from 20 MPs

Pledges tax cuts once inflation is under control

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Updated On : 13 Jul 2022 | 2:29 AM IST

Rishi Sunak, Suella Braverman on shortlist of eight in UK PM race

The others to make it include Foreign Secy Liz Truss, new Chancellor Zahawi, Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt, former Cabinet ministers Kemi Badenoch and Jeremy Hunt and Tory backbencher Tom Tugendha

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Updated On : 12 Jul 2022 | 11:39 PM IST

Won't demonise Boris Johnson, says Rishi Sunak at UK campaign launch

Let me be clear, I will have no part in a rewriting of history that seeks to demonise Boris, exaggerate his faults or deny his efforts, he said.

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Updated On : 12 Jul 2022 | 6:49 PM IST

Former FM Rishi Sunak hits threshold for UK PM race as nominations open

Former UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak emerged as one of the early candidates to hit the threshold of 20 supporting Conservative Party members of Parliament for his British prime minister nomination

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Updated On : 12 Jul 2022 | 4:07 PM IST