Rishi sunak has switched on the lights of the Downing Street Christmas tree. Standing outside No 10 alongside his wife Akshata Murty, he joked: “As Prime Minister, I’ve got to say, it would be very nice if sometimes you could just click a button ...

The last bank in Richmond, North Yorkshire - Rishi sunak's constituency - will close and be replaced by a hub.

Centrist Tories urge PM not to abandon UK’s human rights commitments, but sunak said his patience ‘worn thin’ by delays

The prime minister has faced criticism from some in his own party for delaying green pledges and issuing new licences for oil and gas drilling. King Charles and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will also be attending the talks in Dubai.

Ex-Tory chancellor says sunak’s apparent ‘petulance’ invited ‘devastating’ attacks from Starmer

A group of moderate Conservative MPs have written to prime minister Rishi sunak to urge him not to renege on Britain’s international obligations and treaty commitments in order to force through the Rwanda plan.  Earlier this month, the Supreme Cou ...

Origins of the diplomatic spat may have little to do with the Elgin Marbles, speculates the British Museum chairman

 

Rishi sunak’s attendance comes after he scaled back a host of pledges to help the UK reach net zero by 2050

UK prime minister among world leaders arriving in the UAE for climate talks

New legislation must be watertight, prime minister says

Charities and NGOs accuse government of changing how it calculates climate spending to claim it will exceed targets

Osborne, the former top Conservative finance minister, waded into the diplomatic row over the ancient sculptures.

Osborne says row gave Labour a line of attack and has encouraged institution to press ahead with loan talks

Prime minister says he will ‘do what is necessary’ to bring down net migration, under pressure from the Conservative right

 

Ed Sheeran and Dua Lipa among signatories of letter to Rishi sunak and Keir Starmer calling for funds for music in disadvantaged schools

Mr sunak has been accused of climate hypocrisy and ‘setting an awful example’ after using separate jets for him and Lord Cameron to attend Cop28 in Dubai

Rishi sunak’s security minister defends the prime minister taking a private jet to the Cop28 summit in Dubai. Mr sunak, King Charles, and foreign secretary David Cameron have all taken separate jets to the conference, prompting fresh outrage from c ...

Before Cop28 summit, PM says ‘of course’ UK will get to net zero but it can be done in ‘sensible’ way