uk recession: Data confirms UK economy went into recession last year

Official figures confirmed Britain’s economy entered a shallow recession last year, leaving Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with a challenge to reassure voters that the economy is safe with him before an election expected later this year. Gross domestic product shrank by 0.1% in the third quarter and by 0.3% in the fourth quarter, unchanged from … Read more

Labour wins 2 special elections, dealing blow to PM Sunak

By Jill Lawless | Associated Press LONDON — Beleaguered British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday urged voters, and his restless party, to stick with him after two English districts elected opposition-party lawmakers in seats that Sunak’s Conservatives had held for years. The results will worsen fears among Conservatives that, after 14 years in power, … Read more

rishi sunak: UK by-election results deliver double trouble for Rishi Sunak

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered two heavy blows to his leadership ahead of a general election later this year as the Opposition Labour Party overturned strong Conservative majorities to win by-elections in England on Friday. Labour’s Dan Egan won the House of Commons seat of Kingswood, south-west England, and the party’s Gen Kitchen won … Read more

britain: UK PM Rishi Sunak talks of racism, says parents wanted him to speak without an accent to ‘fit in’

Rishi Sunak, the UK’s Indian-origin Prime Minister, has said that he experienced “racism” when he was a child and his parents sent him for extra drama lessons so that he could “speak properly” without an accent to “fit in”. In 2022, Sunak scripted history when he was appointed by King Charles III as Britain’s first … Read more

UK and US to launch strikes against Houthis ‘within hours’ over Red Sea attacks, report says

Britain is expected to join the United States in conducting air strikes on military positions belonging to the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen “within hours”, the political editor for the Times newspaper reported on Thursday. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Downing Street office did not respond to a request for comment, while the US typically does … Read more

UK PM Rishi Sunak eyes ‘second half’ of 2024 for election, as Labour’s Keir Starmer offers voters chance to ‘turn the page’

“My working assumption is we’ll have a general election in the second half of this year,” he said on a visit to Mansfield, central England. UK’s Sunak nears first anniversary in power with little to celebrate The Tories, who have had five leaders and prime ministers in 14 years, are widely expected to lose the … Read more

UK general election expected in 2024

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to call a general election at some point in 2024, but exactly when is becoming a source of increasingly fevered speculation among political observers. When is the vote due? The maximum term of a UK parliament is five years. The last nationwide vote took place on December 12, … Read more

UK PM Rishi Sunak apologises to COVID-hit families at start of a tough week

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday apologised to the families who lost loved ones in the COVID-19 pandemic as he opened his evidence to an ongoing public inquiry in a tough week, which will also see him tackle a feared revolt over a parliamentary vote on his Rwanda policy to deport illegal migrants. The … Read more