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- PartyLeaderSeatsDiff.Conservative PartyRishi Sunak121-251Labour PartyKeir Starmer412+214Liberal DemocratsEd Davey71+63Scottish National PartyJohn Swinney9-37Sinn FéinMary Lou McDonald70
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Rishi Sunak (born 12 May 1980) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2022 to 2024. He has been Leader of the Conservative Party since October 2022; after the 2024 general election, he became Leader of the Opposition.
4 days ago · Rishi Sunak, his wife Akshata Murty and daughters Anoushka and Krishna in Santa Monica (AP) He insisted, however, that he would remain as an MP for five years if he kept his seat – which he did ...
Rishi Sunak was appointed as leader of the Conservative Party on 25 October 2022. In the 2024 election, Labour won the most seats in Parliament, meaning they will form the next...
Apr 11, 2022 · The financial affairs of Chancellor Rishi Sunak and his family have been under intense scrutiny in recent weeks, after a series of revelations. Mr Sunak's wife, Akshata Murty, last week...
- Halving inflation. The government's top priority was halving inflation - the increase in prices over time - by the end of 2023. Inflation was at 10.7% in the three-month period between October and December 2022, so the aim was to reduce inflation to 5.3% or lower in the last three months of 2023.
- Growing the economy. The government has never publicly said what measure should be used to assess if it had met the prime minister's pledge to "grow the economy", despite repeated requests.
- Reducing debt. When governments talk about reducing debt, they almost always mean as a proportion of GDP. The idea is that debt is coming down if it is growing more slowly than the economy.
- Cutting NHS waiting lists. Mr Sunak said: "NHS waiting lists will fall and people will get the care they need more quickly." His pledge only refers to waiting lists in England, because Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland manage their own health systems.
Rishi Sunak is the UK's first British-Indian to be prime minister, the first Hindu, and also the youngest occupant of No 10 in modern times, where he lives with his wife and two...
Rishi Sunak was Prime Minister between 25 October 2022 and 5 July 2024. He was previously appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer from 13 February 2020 to 5 July 2022.
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