Rishi Sunak, on a lighter note, offered some advice to newly-elected British PM Keir Starmer as he delivered his first official speech as UK’s opposition leader in the Parliament on Wednesday. “If I may offer some words of advice to members of opposite,” Sunak began. “On the government benches, life comes at you fast. Soon,…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday addressed world leaders at the G7 Summit outreach session and said that countries of global south are bearing the brunt of global uncertainties and tensions.PM Modi was speaking at the summit on the invitation of Italian counterpart Georgia Meloni. He addressed a session on Artificial Intelligence, energy,…
NEW DELHI: Nigel Farage‘s Reform UK party has surpassed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak‘s Conservative Party in an opinion poll, marking a shift ahead of the July 4 general election. The YouGov poll, conducted for the Times newspaper, shows Reform UK at 19%, up from 17% previously, while the Conservatives remain at 18%. The Labour Party…
LONDON: In a recent YouGov poll conducted for the Times newspaper, Nigel Farage‘s Reform UK Party surpassed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak‘s Conservative Party for the first time, just weeks before Britain’s upcoming election on July 4. The survey, which involved 2,211 participants and was carried out from June 12-13, revealed that Reform UK garnered 19%…
The British parliament was dissolved on Thursday, as the five-week campaign period begun leading up to the general election on July 4.The election is expected to bring the Labour party back to power after 14 years of Conservative rule. As the clock struck one minute past midnight, all 650 seats of members of parliament (MPs)…
NEW DELHI: The UK Parliament has recently approved a controversial bill that allows the government to relocate asylum seekers to Rwanda for their asylum claims to be assessed in the East African nation, as per a report by CNN. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faced opposition in Parliament and legal challenges in British courts while…
NEW DELHI: Britain’s Conservative leader, Rishi Sunak, hasn’t delivered on important promises, and his popularity in opinion polls has dropped. He also caused trouble with a popular Adidas shoe. This makes it likely that he’ll lose the upcoming general election.Even with two tax cuts and a slightly better economy, Rishi Sunak’s political luck hasn’t turned…
NEW DELHI: The United Kingdom has announced an increase in the minimum income requirement for sponsoring family members to enter the country, effective from Thursday. The new threshold will be set at “£29,000 ($36,800) from £18,600, rising to £38,700 early next year.” This change is part of UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak‘s broader plan to…
NEW DELHI: Marking six months of Israel-Hamas conflict, British PM Rishi Sunak on Saturday said that the UK continues to “stand by Israel”, further calling for conflict to end and hostages be released.“We continue to stand by Israel’s right to defeat the threat from Hamas terrorists and defend their security. But the whole of the…
LONDON: Conservatives face a wipe-out worse than the one in 1997 when Tony Blair rose to power, according to the latest YouGov poll in the UK.YouGov projects that the Tories will win just 155 seats in the next general election, under UK PM Rishi Sunak, which is 210 seats less than the 365 seats the…
