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Former UK PM Sunak turns columnist, offers budget advice against tax rises

Former prime minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday began a new role as a newspaper columnist with some advice for the government ahead of the UK budget next month, cautioning Chancellor Rachel Reeves against resorting to tax rises to bolster the nation's finances. Writing in The Sunday Times', the 45-year-old former chancellor in the Conservative Party-led government draws upon his own experiences in the Treasury at No. 11 Downing Street in London to acknowledge the tough choices faced by a finance minister. However, the Opposition MP believes the answer for the Labour government lies in spending cuts rather than tax hikes as the latter would have a depressionary effect on economic growth. Raising taxes would be a disaster for the UK and particularly if increases are concentrated on a narrow base as Reeves tries to remain technically compliant with manifesto commitments. Such tax rises would be particularly distortionary and damaging to growth, writes Sunak. The choice then is simple: ..

Former UK PM Rishi Sunak joins Microsoft and Anthropic in advisory roles

Former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the earnings from his advisory roles will be donated in full to The Richmond Project, a charity he co-founded with his wife, Akshata Murty

Goldman Sachs hires UK ex-PM Rishi Sunak as adviser for global clients

Goldman Sachs has appointed former UK PM Rishi Sunak as a senior adviser. He will guide international clients on economic and geopolitical matters, marking his first major role since office

Rishi Sunak, the former UK PM, backs RCB to win IPL 2025 final vs PBKS

According to Sunak, the IPL has also played a big role in the resurgence of cricket in the Olympics and the rise of the women's game

Operation Sindoor: UK PM Starmer calls for restraint, Sunak backs India

Keir Starmer told the UK Parliament that rising tensions between India and Pakistan would be of serious concern for many residents of Britain

Rishi Sunak rewards aides, allies with honours in resignation list

Former British prime minister Rishi Sunak has rewarded his former Cabinet colleagues, Downing Street aides and advisers in his resignation honours list released by the UK government on Friday. While his former housing secretary Michael Gove and former transport secretary Mark Harper are among seven allies elevated with life peerages to the House of Lords, former ministers Andrew Mitchell and Theresa Villiers have been conferred with Knight and Dame Commander honours respectively. Former England team cricketer James Anderson and filmmaker Matthew Vaughn are among those granted Knighthoods in the honours list. Sunak, 44, was Britain's first Indian heritage prime minister until July 4 last year, when as the Conservative Party leader he lost the general election to Labour's Keir Starmer. It is customary for an outgoing prime minister to request the British monarch to grant peerages, knighthoods, damehoods or other awards in the British honours system to his chosen political allies and

UK financial watchdog's Indian-origin CEO re-appointed for second term

Nikhil Rathi, the Indian-origin chief executive of the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), was on Thursday re-appointed to his post for a second term by the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves. Describing Rathi's leadership of the financial watchdog as crucial to the government's reform agenda, Reeves said she wanted him to go further in his efforts to boost economic growth and investment during his new five-year term. The FCA, as a regulator for the UK's financial markets and over 40,000 financial services firms, is in charge of holding them to account. Nikhil Rathi has been crucial in this government's efforts to reform regulation so it supports growth and boosts investment I am delighted he will be continuing his leadership of the FCA, Reeves said in a statement from the UK's Treasury department. We want the FCA to go further and faster to deliver this government's Plan for Change and we look forward to continuing to work together to achieve this, she said. The Treas

Rishi Sunak, Akshata Murty plan new math charity for children in England

Former British prime minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty on Saturday revealed plans to set up a new charity focussed on improving the mathematics and numeracy skills among children and young people in England. The Richmond Project, named after the North Yorkshire home and constituency Sunak continues to represent as a backbench Conservative Party member of Parliament for Richmond and Northallerton, will be launched later this year as a registered charity. It marks the first major joint project by the couple, both 44, since Sunak left 10 Downing Street last year and will be aimed at helping schoolchildren build confidence in tackling numbers. Later this year, Akshata and I will launch The Richmond Project a new charity focused on improving numeracy, Sunak announced on social media. Confidence with numbers transforms lives. It unlocks opportunity, fuels social mobility, and helps people thrive. But right now, too many struggle. More to come soon, he said. Akshata Murty

Former UK premier Rishi Sunak meets PM Modi, FM Sitharaman in Delhi

Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and both leaders discussed potential new avenues to strengthen market-based financial ties and drive economic growth. "Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. @nsitharaman met with Mr. @RishiSunak, United Kingdom's ex-PM and Member of Parliament, in New Delhi, today," the finance ministry said in a post on X. Both leaders discussed potential new avenues to strengthen market-based financial ties and drive economic growth, it said. "FM Smt. @nsitharaman stressed on the importance of leveraging the Commonwealth for bringing issues of mutual interest on the #G7 agenda for the benefit of the #GlobalSouth," it said.

Jaishankar meets ex-UK PM Sunak, deputy foreign minster of Italy in Delhi

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday met Italy's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Maria Tripodi here and discussed the strategic partnership between the two countries and the ongoing efforts to further build on them. In a separate post on X, the EAM also said that he met former prime minister of UK Rishi Sunak in Delhi on Monday. "Nice to meet former UK PM @RishiSunak in Delhi today. Appreciate his constant support for strengthening India-UK relations," he posted. The Union minister also shared some photographs of their meeting. "Received Deputy FM @tripodimaria of Italy in Delhi this afternoon. Good conversation on India-Italy strategic partnership and the ongoing efforts to further build on them," he posted on X. Diplomatic relations between India and Italy were established in 1947. "The two countries enjoy strong people-to-people connect propelled by a large Indian diaspora and long standing Indological Studies tradition in Italy. In 2023, both countries celebrate

Former UK PM Rishi Sunak visits Taj Mahal along with family members

Amidst high security, former UK PM Sunak was accompanied by his wife, Akshata Murty, mother-in-law, Sudha Murty, and his daughters, Krishna and Anoushka

Rishi Sunak visits Mumbai, plays tennis-ball cricket at Parsee Gymkhana

Former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday visited the Parsee Gymkhana in south Mumbai and enjoyed a game of cricket, asserting he was happy that he did not get out too many times. "No trip to Mumbai is complete without a game of tennis ball cricket," he wrote on X. "Great to be with all of you at the Parsee Gymkhana Club at its anniversary celebrations. What an extraordinary achievement. So much history and so much exciting stuff to come. I managed not to get out too many times this morning," Sunak told reporters. He said he looked forward to more such visits. The iconic Parsee Gymkhana was formed on February 25, 1885 with Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy as its founder president and Jamsetjee Tata as chairman. It moved to its current location along the picturesque Marine Drive in 1887.

Sudha Murty praises son-in-law Rishi Sunak's 'good Indian cultural values'

Well-known author and Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murty has spoken of her pride in son-in-law Rishi Sunak, a British citizen with good Indian cultural values imbibed from his parents' upbringing in the UK. Murty joined Sunak and her daughter Akshata Murty as the guest of honour at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's annual Diwali gala in London on Saturday evening. The parents of the British Indian former prime minister, Usha and Yashvir Sunak, were also in the audience as Bhavan UK students showcased a variety of Indian classical music and dance forms. I always believe when you are abroad, your parents must do two things: one is good education, which gives you wings in return and you can fly anywhere and settle; the second is great culture, your origin which is Indian origin or roots which you can get at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan along with your parents, said Murty, delivering her keynote address. I want to congratulate Ushaji, my sambandhi and a good friend of mine, who gave her son Rishi Sunak, form

UK Opposition leader Badenoch picks Priti Patel as shadow foreign secretary

Former British Indian home secretary Priti Patel has been chosen by the newly elected Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch as her shadow foreign secretary to join her top team on the Opposition benches in the House of Commons on Tuesday. Gujarati-origin Patel, 52, was one of the early contenders who went head-to-head in the race to replace Rishi Sunak as Tory chief and Leader of the Opposition. With two other opponents in the election, Robert Jenrick and Mel Stride appointed shadow justice secretary and shadow chancellor respectively, Badenoch's picks for her frontbench is being seen as an attempt to unite a divided Conservative Party. Congratulations to Kemi Badenoch on her election as leader of our great Party, posted Patel on X over the weekend after the election result was declared. Let's all unite behind her to renew and earn back the trust of the British people. I look forward to supporting her in holding this dishonest and self-serving Labour government to account and in

Kemi Badenoch elected new Conservative Party chief, UK opposition leader

Kemi Badenoch on Saturday became the first Black woman to lead Britain's Conservative Party as she succeeded Rishi Sunak in the House of Commons as the Leader of Opposition. The 44-year-old Nigerian-heritage parliamentarian defeated former Cabinet minister Robert Jenrick after a three-month-long leadership election following Sunak's resignation after the Tories suffered a bruising general election defeat on July 4. The shadow secretary of state for Housing, Communities and Local Government began by thanking her predecessor who was the first British Indian leader of the party. I want to thank Rishi, no one could have worked harder in such difficult times. Rishi, thank you for everything you did. We all wish you and your wonderful family the very best for the future, said Badenoch in her acceptance speech. Sunak took to social media to extend his support. Congratulations to Kemi Badenoch on being elected Conservative Party leader. I know that she will be a superb leader of our great

UK PM Keir Starmer meets police after 100 arrests in violent protests

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday called a meeting with police chiefs after violent protests outside Downing Street in London over the fatal stabbing of three young girls in Southport, north-west England, as the teenage male suspect in the attack was charged with murder. The Metropolitan Police said that over 100 people have been arrested during the clashes on Wednesday evening for offences including violent disorder, assault on an emergency worker, and breach of protest conditions as some of its officers suffered minor injuries. It followed violent protests in Southport and also in Hartlepool, north-east England, and Aldershot, south-east England, believed to involve far-right groups whipped up by social media misinformation claiming the male suspect behind the stabbing was a Muslim asylum seeker who arrived illegally in the country on a boat. Following the tragic events in Southport, it is understandable the public have strong feelings about this shocking incident b

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UK elections: Interim UK Oppn leader Rishi Sunak names shadow Cabinet

Rishi Sunak, the interim UK Opposition Leader until his Conservative Party finalises the process to choose his successor, has named a shadow Cabinet who will take their place in the House of Commons as the new members of Parliament begin being sworn in on Tuesday. The 44-year-old British Indian leader had to contend with some high-profile resignations and missing Tory MPs who lost their seats in the party's worst electoral defeat in last week's general election, which the Labour Party won with a landslide. David Cameron, a former prime minister who was parachuted into the House of Lords by Sunak to become his foreign secretary last year, has resigned and the portfolio will now be shadowed by his former deputy Andrew Mitchell. "It's been a huge honour to serve as foreign secretary, but clearly the Conservative Party in Opposition will need to shadow the new foreign secretary from the Commons," said Cameron in a social media post. "As a committed Conservative I will continue to suppo

Victories, setbacks part of journey in democracy: Rahul to Rishi Sunak

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday extended commiserations to the UK's Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak on the party's recent electoral defeat, saying victories and setbacks are inevitable part of democracy and "we must take both in our stride". In his letter to Sunak, Gandhi hailed the former British prime minister's dedication to public service and commitment to the British people. "I would like to extend my commiserations on the recent electoral outcome. Victories and setbacks are both an inevitable part of the journey in a democracy and we must take both in our stride," the Congress leader said. "Your dedication to public service and commitment to your people are commendable. I also deeply value the efforts you made to strengthen the ties between India and the UK during your term in office," he said. Gandhi expressed confidence that Sunak would continue to contribute to public life with his experience. "I wish you all the best for your future ..