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Rishi Sunak becomes first Indian-origin PM of UK
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak on Monday became the Conservative Party leader, less than two months after he lost to Liz Truss in the Tory leadership race and is set to become the first Asian-origin UK Prime Minister.
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Boris Johnson rules himself out of Tory leadership race
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
London [UK], October 24 (ANI): Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson ruled himself out of the Conservative party leadership race despite claiming he had the required support , media reports said.
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Boris Johnson returns to UK to launch leadership bid: UK media
Updated : 5 months ago IST
London [UK], October 22 (ANI): Merely three months after he was ousted from power, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson landed in Britain on Saturday from a Caribbean holiday to launch a formal bid for the Conservative Party leadership, following Liz Truss's resignation this week, acc
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UK: Rishi Sunak crosses minimum nomination threshold to contest in PM race
Updated : 5 months ago IST
London [UK], October 22 (ANI): Conservative British politician of Indian descent Rishi Sunak is quick off the mark to bid for the leadership of the Conservative Party and the British Prime Ministership having secured more than a hundred nominations - which is the minimum requirement to co
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UK to get new PM on Monday as Tory leadership vote closes
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
London [UK], September 2 (ANI): Outgoing UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will soon be replaced as voting by Tory members for their choice between Indian-origin former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss which started early August closed Friday evening.
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At Birmingham husting, Rishi Sunak attempts to catch up with Liz Truss
Updated : 6 months, 4 weeks ago IST
London [UK], August 24 (ANI): 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.
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UK PM Race: Tory members grill Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak in Birmingham hustin
Updated : 6 months, 4 weeks ago IST
London [UK], August 24 (ANI): In a quest to succeed Boris Johnson as the next Tory Party leader and UK Prime Minister, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said that she wants UK to be an aspiration nation as she pledged to deliver on the opportunities of Brexit and promised immediate tax
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UK PM contender Rishi Sunak visits temple with wife to celebrate Janmashta
Updated : 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 19 (ANI): Tory leadership contender and British Prime Minister hopeful Rishi Sunak on Thursday visited a temple to celebrate popular Hindu festival Janmashtami.
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UK rivals for PM grilled by Tory members in first clash
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
London [UK], July 29 (ANI): In a bid to succeed Boris Johnson as UK's next Prime Minister, British Foreign Secretary Liz Trus said that she would prefer not to impose further windfall taxes on oil and gas companies while former Chancellor Sunak backtracked by putting forward the idea of scra
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China asks Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak not to 'hype China threat'
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Beijing [China], July 27 (ANI): Amid the race to become the next British Prime Minister, China has warned British politicians against making irresponsible remarks about the second largest economy in the world after UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss asked for a crackdown on Chinese companies.
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Debate between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss cancelled after presenter Kate Mc
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
London [UK], July 27 (ANI): The Tory leadership debate between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss was cancelled on Tuesday (local time) after presenter Kate McCann fainted and collapsed live on air.
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Sunak, Truss clash in heated TV debate
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
London [UK], July 26 (ANI): In a quest to succeed Boris Johnson as UK's next Prime Minister, the former chancellor Rishi Sunak and British Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss traded blows at each other over economic policy, foreign relations in the first-ever TV debate on Monday night.
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