Rishi Sunak

Goldman hires former UK prime minister Sunak as senior adviser

Sunak worked at Goldman first as a summer intern in 2000, and then as an analyst, from 2001 to 2004

The six candidates will contest for the chance to replace Rishi Sunak (top) who resigned after the party’s historic general election defeat on July 4.

Six candidates vie to lead UK's embattled Conservative party

Now in opposition, after 14 years in power, the party will need a candidate who can unite the 121 Tory MPs remaining in parliament

Outgoing British PM Rishi Sunak, accompanied by his wife Akshata Murty, speaking outside Downing Street in London, following the election results.

UK’s Sunak says ‘sorry’ to public as he leaves office

‘I have heard your anger, your disappointment, and I take responsibility for this loss,’ says the prime minister

Keir Starmer, leader of Britain's Labour party celebrates his win in London, Britain, July 5, 2024.

UK’s Labour sweeps to power as Sunak concedes election

KEIR Starmer will be Britain’s next prime minister with his centre left Labour Party expected to win a huge majority in a parliamentary election, ending 14 years of often tumultuous Conservative gover...

Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak reacts as he waits for the declaration of results for Richmond and Northallerton in Northallerton, Britain, July 5, 2024.

UK PM Sunak concedes election defeat, says Labour has won

BRITISH Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded defeat in the national election on Friday, saying the opposition Labour Party had won.

Staff counting ballot papers in London, Britain, July 4, 2024. As polling stations closed at 10.00 pm (2100 GMT), a survey for UK broadcasters suggested centre-left Labour would win 410 seats in the 650-seat House of Commons, with the right-wing Tories managing only 131.

UK’s Labour on course for landslide election win: exit polls

BRITAIN’S main opposition Labour party looks set for a landslide election win, exit polls indicated on Thursday, with Keir Starmer replacing Rishi Sunak as prime minister, ending 14 years of Conservat...

Keir Starmer, leader of the UK Labour Party, campaigns ahead of the general election, in Redditch, Britain, July 3, 2024.

Labour tipped to oust Tories as campaigning ends in UK election

BRITAIN’S political leaders made a frantic push for votes late on Wednesday in the last hours of an election campaign expected to return a Labour government after 14 years of Conservative rule.

The figures are a boost for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s argument that the nation has turned the corner after a mild slump last year.

UK economy grew faster than expected as consumers spent more

On a per person basis, the economy recovered sharply as well

A YouGov survey finds that viewers of the final televised debate thought Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (right) was stronger on taxes and immigration, but that Labour leader Keir Starmer (left) was more likeable and trustworthy.

Starmer denies Sunak clear win needed in final UK debate

A snap poll of 1,700 Britons by YouGov showed the two leaders were tied in the at-times-spiky debate in Nottingham

(Left) Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak (right) spar during a live debate in Nottingham, Britain, June 26, 2024.

Sunak, Starmer clash in final TV debate before election

THE two men bidding to be British prime minister faced off late on Wednesday in a bad-tempered, last head-to-head TV debate before the country’s general election next week.