The National Audit Office (NAO) laid bare the cost of Mr sunak’s decision to scrap phase 2 of the high-speed rail plan, first revealed by The Independent last September

Britain’s defeated Conservatives will spend more than three months picking a new leader to replace former Prime Minister Rishi sunak, the party has announced

Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Priti Patel are all expected to compete to replace Rishi sunak

Conservative members are doubling up on shadow roles after election wipeout severely reduced their numbers

‘I would hope that some form of partnership is possible,’ Nicholas Cullinan said

 

CCC says delays and reverses under Rishi sunak have left UK drastically off track from Paris commitments

Conservative Party leader Rishi sunak made a joke about how he became prime minister and lost the general election, as he responded to the King’s speech. The former prime minister, offering advice to MPs tipped with a bright future, joked in the Co ...

Sir Keir Starmer and Rishi sunak were seen laughing together as they walked through the Houses of Parliament together during the state opening on Wednesday, 17 July. The Speech on the Throne, delivered by King Charles III, came just weeks after Labou ...

There will be more than 35 bills introduced in the Labour leader’s speech, from workers’ rights to housing targets

Exclusive: leaked letters said without urgent action the system in England and Wales would reach ‘critical failure’

Prime minister was warned that the situation had become unsustainable

 

Shadow foreign secretary Andrew Mitchell said it is important to ‘run the leadership contest long’ to ensure leadership candidates ‘come under scrutiny’

Andrew Mitchell told The Times that there was ‘widespread sympathy and respect’ for Rishi sunak at the 1922 Committee meeting

Shadow foreign secretary says Conservatives should hold the leadership election after the party conference

 

Sir Mohamed Mansour said it ‘makes sense’ to step down after Rishi sunak announced he was departing as Conservative leader

Hundreds of thousands of homeowners would have been forced to pay an average of £240 more a month in mortgage bills

A Tory MP received a round of applause after hitting out at his own party, saying they deserved to lose the general election. George Freeman, who was a senior minister in Rishi sunak’s government, slammed the Tories and accused his team of “taki ...