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Scotland’s former First Minister Alex Salmond attends a campaign event in Ellon, Scotland, in April 2021. Photo: Reuters

Alex Salmond, ex-first minister who sought Scotland’s independence, dies at 69

As Scottish National Party leader, he led the independence campaign in the 2014 referendum, but lost with 45 per cent of the vote.

13 Oct 2024 - 2:21AM

Conservative leadership candidates grapple over immigration, winning votes

29 Sep 2024 - 6:20PM

Exclusive | Peter Mandelson on why Britain’s sudden U-turn on China was a big ‘mistake’

26 Sep 2024 - 6:40PMvideocam

UK’s Starmer rules out austerity as Labour conference opens

The four-day gathering in Liverpool comes three months after Labour secured a runway general election victory over the Conservatives.

22 Sep 2024 - 6:49PM

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner. Photo: EPA-EFE

UK’s Peter Mandelson says China should meet London’s willingness to mend ties

Beijing also described as better positioned than most countries to broker peace in Ukraine war, but its economic nationalism is a concern.

18 Sep 2024 - 1:05AMvideocam

UK PM Keir Starmer urges European allies to meet far-right ‘challenge’

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he fears a rise of the far-right in Britain and suggested progressive parties across Europe should jointly fight populism.

29 Aug 2024 - 3:24PMvideocam

Starmer to warn of tough times ahead in first major speech as UK PM

Starmer, whose Labour Party was elected on July 4, is expected to use Tuesday’s speech to ramp up attacks on legacy left by Conservatives.

26 Aug 2024 - 5:50AMvideocam

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech during a press conference at 10 Downing street in London on August 1. Photo: Reuters.

New UK government cuts billions of pounds of spending to fix ‘unsustainable’ finances

Finance minister Rachel Reeves announces spending cuts of US$7 billion, pencils in further cuts of US$10.4 billion and hints at tax rises.

30 Jul 2024 - 3:55AMvideocam

Un-purr-turbed: Larry the cat training another UK prime minister in Downing Street

British prime ministers come and go at the premier’s official residence, 10 Downing Street. But the real power remains unchanged – Larry the cat.

29 Jul 2024 - 4:49PM

Patel and Badenoch launch UK Conservative Party leadership bids

Priti Patel and Kemi Badenoch join 4 others, including former home secretary James Cleverly, in race to replace Rishi Sunak as party leader.

29 Jul 2024 - 11:25AMvideocam

Former UK home secretary Priti Patel. Photo: AFP / Jessica Taylor / UK Parliament

UK Conservatives planned to spend US$13 billion on Rwanda migrant scheme: minister

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told parliament the Rwanda plan, now scrapped, has already cost taxpayers US$905 million.

23 Jul 2024 - 7:40AM

A building in Kigali, Rwanda, that was intended to house migrants deported from the UK. Photo: AFP

Rwanda says UK migrant deal did not stipulate return of funds

London paid Kigali US$306 million before new UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared the deportation scheme ‘dead and buried’.

10 Jul 2024 - 12:21PM

Rwanda aware of UK’s intention to terminate contentious deportation scheme

Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Saturday that the UK’s Rwanda deportation plan was ‘dead and buried’.

9 Jul 2024 - 10:23AM

Starmer seeks ‘reset’ on tour of UK nations after election victory

Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to ‘work constructively’ with Scotland’s nationalist government as he began a trip aimed at improving ties between London and the UK’s devolved nations.

8 Jul 2024 - 4:53PM

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets Scottish First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney. Photo: Scott Heppell via Reuters

UK to demand Indian-owned Tata saves jobs at Wales steelworks: minister

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said he and PM Keir Starmer have spoken to Tata over firm’s plan to shut down blast furnaces at the plant – a move that puts 2,800 jobs at risk.

8 Jul 2024 - 1:51PM

The Welsh dragon on the gates of the Tata Steel sports and social club in Port Talbot, Wales, UK. Photo: Bloomberg

Inside Out | Britain’s election shows Hong Kong the flaws and strengths of democracy

The results of the 2024 UK general election have humbled the Conservative Party, but also put on display some of the quirks of the democratic process.

7 Jul 2024 - 8:30PM

New UK PM Starmer assembles cabinet for first meeting: ‘now we get to work’

His new government takes on the massive challenge of fixing a heap of domestic woes and winning over a public weary from years of austerity, political chaos and a battered economy.

6 Jul 2024 - 7:51PM

Opinion | Labour’s landslide victory has ushered in a new dawn in British politics

Having come to power on the back of big promises of change, Labour will look to capitalise on the disorientation of Conservatives to deliver.

5 Jul 2024 - 9:10PM

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer delivers a victory speech on election night in London on July 5. Photo: Bloomberg

Who is the UK’s new ‘first lady’ and why was she compared to Kate Middleton?

Victoria Stamer is vegetarian, volunteered for Tony Blair, and the first thing she reportedly said about the new prime minister included dropping the F-bomb

8 Jul 2024 - 12:28PM

As it happened: Keir Starmer appointed UK prime minister as Labour takes power

Keir Starmer pledged ‘change begins now’ after leading Britain’s Labour Party to a historic election victory.

5 Jul 2024 - 8:33PM

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Starmer’s Labour tipped for historic election win as UK voters go to the polls

Jaded Britons are delivering their verdict on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party, which has been in power since 2010.

4 Jul 2024 - 9:22PM

Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria Starmer outside a polling station in London. Photo: Reuters

UK election: major tabloid The Sun backs Labour over Sunak’s Tories

The last time the influential Murdoch-owned newspaper endorsed the party was during Tony Blair’s tenure from 1997.

4 Jul 2024 - 1:45AM

Britain’s Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaks in East Kilbride, Scotland, on Wednesday. Photo: PA via AP

Opinion | Don’t expect a Labour government to fix broken Britain

Failed post-Brexit promises, successive scandals and poor economic gambles have allowed populism to threaten Britain’s political system.

3 Jul 2024 - 8:30PM

Amid rising living costs, will UK’s Indian diaspora back ex-poster boy Sunak?

Dissatisfaction with rising living costs and economic stagnation could see the PM lose his seat, as Indian diaspora joins anti-Tory wave.

2 Jul 2024 - 6:18PM

In final days before the UK election, defiant Sunak insists he can stay in power

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak insisted the Conservatives can still win Thursday’s UK election despite multiple polls pointing to a commanding victory by the opposition Labour Party.

1 Jul 2024 - 11:27AM

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appearing on the BBC’s ‘Sunday Morning’ show. Photo: BBC via AFP

UK PM Sunak slams racist slur by Farage party campaigner

An undercover investigation filmed anti-immigration Reform UK campaigners making racist, homophobic and offensive comments.

29 Jun 2024 - 2:27AMvideocam

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech in Leeds, northern England, on Thursday. Photo: Reuters

Sunak and Starmer clash in final, fiery TV debate before UK election

With opposition Labour enjoying a huge lead in polls, the event was the PM’s last big opportunity to give his Tories a fighting chance.

27 Jun 2024 - 5:45AMvideocam

King Charles hails ties as Japan royals make UK state visit

A lavish state banquet was thrown at Buckingham Palace to mark the first such trip by Japanese head of state since 1998.

26 Jun 2024 - 7:58AM

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Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak was elected leader of Britain's Conservative Party on October 23, 2022, following the resignation of his predecessor, Liz Truss. He is the country's first prime minister of Asian heritage. Sunak had previously worked as Chancellor of the Exchequer from February 2020 to July 2022 under Boris Johnson. Sunak resigned, along with 61 other members of Johnson's government, after the then-PM became embroiled in a series of scandals.

Born

12 May 1980

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Politics

Job Title

Former Prime Minister of Britain

last updated:

7 October, 2024