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Rishi Sunak attempts to catch up with Liz Truss at Birmingham husting

As the result of the UK Prime Minister race nears, Rishi Sunak made his last bit of efforts to salvage the contest for the Conservative party leadership that most surveys favour Liz Truss to win

Want to change UK-India relationship, make it 'more two-way': Rishi Sunak

Britain's prime ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak said he wants to change the UK-India relationship to make it a more two-way exchange that opens up easy access to UK students and companies in India. During a campaign hustings event hosted by the Conservative Friends of India (CFIN) diaspora organisation in north London on Monday evening, the former Chancellor greeted the largely British Indian gathering with a mix of traditional greetings such as namaste, salaam, khem cho, and kidda. He even broke into Hindi: Aap sab mere parivar ho (you all are my family)." We know the UK-India relationship is important. We represent the living bridge between our two countries, he said, in response to a question about bilateral ties from CFIN co-chair Reena Ranger. We are all very aware of the opportunity for the UK to sell things and do things in India, but actually we need to look at that relationship differently because there is an enormous amount that we here in the UK can learn from India,"

Rishi Sunak pledges major civil service overhaul if elected UK PM

Rishi Sunak, the British Indian former Chancellor in the race to be elected the British Prime Minister, on Tuesday pledged a major overhaul of the country's civil service to create a sharper, leaner bureaucracy if he takes charge at 10 Downing Street on September 5. Sunak, who is up against Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in the Conservative Party leadership election to succeed Boris Johnson, wants civil servants to spend at least a year of their career outside government roles in industry to widen their experience. Under a Sunak-led government, they will no longer receive pay rewards based on the longevity of their service but performance instead. As Chancellor, I saw parts of the British Civil Service at its best, delivering world class COVID support schemes in record time. But the bloated post-COVID state is in need of a shake up so I will create a sharper, leaner civil service, said Sunak. I'll press ahead with cuts to back office Civil Service headcount, recruiting and retaining t

Liz Truss holds firm lead over Rishi Sunak in UK PM race: Tory survey

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is holding on to a firm lead over former Chancellor Rishi Sunak in the race to be elected Conservative Party leader and British Prime Minister, according to a new survey of Tory voters on Wednesday. The Conservative Home website survey of 961 party members, who either already have or will be casting their postal or online ballots in the leadership election, found Truss at 60 per cent and Sunak at 28 per cent. Once the 9 per cent who fall under the "don't know" category are equally distributed between the two finalists in the contest, Truss maintains a 32-point lead over the British Indian ex-minister as the website's last survey found earlier this month. "If our don't knows are divided evenly between the two candidates, an exercise we carried out last time, Truss goes up to 64 per cent and Sunak to 32 per cent and so maintains the 32 point lead she had last time round, Conservative Home said in an analysis of its latest findings. "The sum of Opinium, ..

Liz Truss in commanding lead over Rishi Sunak in UK PM race: Survey

The UK prime ministerial race frontrunner, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, continues to hold on to a commanding 22-point lead over former Chancellor Rishi Sunak

UK must sanction Iran over Salman Rushdie stabbing, says Rishi Sunak

UK Prime Minister hopeful and Conservative party leadership contender Rishi Sunak has called for sanctions on Iran over the stabbing of author Salman Rushdie in the US

Liz Truss leads the race for UK's next PM by 22 points, reveals survey

UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has gained as many as a 22-point lead over former chancellor Rishi Sunak in the race for becoming the next Prime Minister, according to latest Opinium Research survey

'Unsurprisingly, Boris Johnson has not returned my calls': Rishi Sunak

That's one of those Westminster questions that doesn't change price of fish. There are plenty of things that do change price of fish, not least price of energy, but that's not one of them, said Boris

UK PM race: Rishi Sunak says he'd rather lose than win on a false promise

Rishi Sunak has insisted that he would rather lose the Conservative Party leadership race to replace Boris Johnson than win on a false promise on how he plans to tackle the economic crisis

Rishi Sunak promises more support in UK energy crisis if elected as UK PM

The 42-year-old Indian-origin finalist in the Conservative Party leadership election pledged government "efficiency savings" to fund the support, while limiting borrowing.

US-based Indian organisation endorses Rishi Sunak for the UK PM race

A US-based Indian organisation that caters to the interests of the Hindu-American community on Monday endorsed former UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak to become Britain's first Indian-origin Prime Minister

UK PM race: Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss feel heat over cost-of-living crisis

While Truss has pledged immediate tax cuts if elected, Sunak has promised more targeted support for the most vulnerable households and tax cuts further down the line.

UK PM race: Rishi Sunak wins over voters in TV debate against Truss

Rishi Sunak convincingly won over an audience of Conservative Party members in a head-to-head television debate with rival Liz Truss in the leadership contest to elect British prime minister

Second survey shows Liz Truss ahead of rival Rishi Sunak in UK PM race

A new survey of members of the governing Conservative Party shows Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is firmly ahead of rival Rishi Sunak in the race to replace Boris Johnson as the British Prime Minister

British PM race: Rishi Sunak vows 20% cut to UK income tax in a few race

As the voting process for the new Party leader formally opened from Monday, Rishi Sunak vowed to cut the basic rate of income tax by 20 per cent in a few years if elected to power

Blow to Rishi Sunak's campaign as ex-candidate backs rival Truss for UK PM

Rishi Sunak's campaign to be elected the Conservative Party leader and the next British Prime Minister suffered a blow on Saturday as a former candidate endorsed his rival Foreign Secretary Liz Truss

Liz Truss leads with 90% chance over Sunak in race for next UK PM: Survey

UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is been rated to have a 90 per cent shot over former chancellor Rishi Sunak to succeed Boris Johnson in the race for becoming the next Prime Minister

UK PM race: Rivals Truss, Sunak grilled by Tory members in first clash

Truss said that she'd prefer not to impose further windfall taxes on oil, gas companies while Sunak put forward the idea of scrapping VAT on energy bills to revive UK's economy and control inflation

Rishi Sunak less unpopular with swing voters in UK PM race, survey finds

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak has an edge over his rival, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, in the race to be elected the next Conservative Party leader and British Prime Minister among swing voters

UK: Boris Johnson loyalist accuses Rishi Sunak of 'ruthless coup'

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's key loyalists and supporter of Foreign Secretary Liz Truss as his successor on Thursday accused Rishi Sunak of leading a "ruthless coup" against his former boss.