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  'Will do everything I can': UK PM Rishi Sunak promises hopeful future for Britain

  World | October 27, 2022 8:22 IST

  Rishi Sunak on Tuesday took charge as Britain's first Indian-origin Prime Minister with a promise to put the crisis-hit country's needs "above politics" and "fix the mistakes" made by his predecessor.

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  UK's new PM Rishi Sunak to hold first cabinet meeting before taking on Opposition in PMQs today

  World | October 26, 2022 15:14 IST

  UK politics: Rishi Sunak will meet with his new cabinet on his first full day as Prime Minister, before taking on opposition leader Keir Starmer in PMQs on Wednesday afternoon.

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  UK PM Rishi Sunak speaks to Zelenskyy; says 'will always stand with Ukraine'

  World | October 26, 2022 7:12 IST

  Rishi Sunak had earlier praised Ukraine's steadfast courage in standing up to Russian "aggression". He had promised support from the people of the United Kingdom as the war continues in the country.

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  'Elected to fix mistakes,' says UK PM Rishi Sunak while assuming charge

  World | October 25, 2022 18:08 IST

  Making his speech outside the official residence of the UK PM, Sunak, said that he would confront the "profound economic crisis” with compassion and lead a government of “integrity, professionalism, and accountability".

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  UK PM Race: Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson camps claims hitting 100-member threshold

  World | October 23, 2022 0:00 IST

  Rishi Sunak leads UK-PM race: The 42-year-old frontrunner's tally continues to grow as former prime minister Boris Johnson flies back from his Caribbean holiday to reportedly also join the contest.

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  Boris Johnson eyes comeback as UK prepares to elect Liz Truss' successor

  World | October 21, 2022 14:43 IST

  The Conservative Party is holding a speeded-up race to replace Liz Truss. The race will see a new leader — who will also become the prime minister — chosen within a week.

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  Liz Truss resigns as UK PM after six-week stint in Downing Street amid ongoing economic crisis

  World | October 21, 2022 6:10 IST

  UK PM resigns: Just a day earlier Truss had vowed to stay in power, saying she was “a fighter and not a quitter.” But Truss left Thursday after she was forced to abandon many of her economic policies and lost control of Conservative Party discipline.

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  Palace reveals ledger stone at queen’s final resting place

  World | September 25, 2022 14:33 IST

  Queen's resting place: The image shows the hand-carved Belgian black marble slab with brass letter inlays set into the floor of King George VI Memorial Chapel, St. George’s Chapel, at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England.

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  UK government to cap domestic energy prices, announces PM Liz Truss

  World | September 08, 2022 16:51 IST

  UK's PM Truss told lawmakers in Parliament that the two-year “energy price guarantee” means average household bills will be no more than 2,500 pounds ($2,872) a year for heating and electricity.

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  Why Liz Truss is off to Scotland to become UK leader | EXPLAINER

  World | September 06, 2022 13:09 IST

  Liz Truss took over as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after Boris Johnson announced his intention to step down as prime minister and leader of the ruling Conservative Party on July 7.

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  Liz Truss gets frustrated at being compared to UK's Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher

  World | September 05, 2022 23:19 IST

  Liz Truss will become the third female Prime Minister of UK. All female prime ministers so far have been Conservative.

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  Crown of thorns awaits new UK PM Liz Truss - Energy crisis to Brexit, 5 key challenges she faces

  World | September 05, 2022 19:53 IST

  Liz Truss becomes Britain's next PM. But the leadership comes in no roses, there is a crown of thorns awaiting her as the UK reels under a cost-of-living crisis and is amid its worst inflation.

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  UK PM race: Final countdown begins for Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss

  World | September 05, 2022 17:27 IST

  UK PM race: If elected, 42-year-old Rishi Sunak will go on to make history as the first Prime Minister of the UK of Indian heritage.

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  'If I lose...': Rishi Sunak ahead of UK PM race result tomorrow

  World | September 04, 2022 20:54 IST

  Rishi Sunak, from being the clear frontrunner in the early knockout stages of the contest with the Tory MPs, has been trailing Truss in most surveys of party members voting to elect a new leader to succeed Johnson.

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  UK PM race: Rishi Sunak camp accuses Liz Truss of avoiding scrutiny

  World | August 30, 2022 21:45 IST

  UK PM Race: Foreign Secretary Truss, who is the current frontrunner according to pre-poll surveys and bookie’s odds, was due to face tough questions from veteran BBC political journalist Nick Robinson in a one-on-one interview – already done by Sunak earlier this month.

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  UK PM race: Liz Truss holds lead but voters still prefer Boris Johnson

  World | August 18, 2022 18:35 IST

  The survey also shows a majority in favour of ousted leader Boris Johnson, with 55 per cent saying that Tory MPs were wrong to effectively force him to resign and 40 per cent saying they were right.

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  Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss spar in TV debate over economic policies, tax plans

  World | July 26, 2022 14:42 IST

  Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss will continue their intense campaigning up and down the country as they appear at a series of hustings organised by the Conservative Campaign Headquarters.

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  Rishi Sunak makes it to top two, to face Liz Truss in last leg of British Prime Minister race

  World | July 21, 2022 11:09 IST

  UK PM Race: Rishi Sunak clinched his place for the final leg of the race to succeed Boris Johnson and will go head-to-head with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss as one of two finalists to take charge as Conservative Party leader and British Prime Minister.

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  Rishi Sunak tops another round of vote, edges closer to final spot as next UK Prime Minister

  World | July 19, 2022 20:12 IST

  UK PM Race: Rishi Sunak has topped another round of vote in British PM race with 118 votes, in bid to become the next British Prime Minister.

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  'Back anyone, but Sunak': Johnson tells allies as UK PM race heats up

  World | July 16, 2022 6:32 IST

  UK PM race: Johnson, who resigned as the leader of the ruling Conservative Party on July 7, has been urging defeated Tory leadership candidates not to back former chancellor Sunak, who is widely blamed for Johnson's loss of support among his own party members, The Times newspaper reported.