London, Oct 24 Conservative party's Rishi Sunak will become the first Hindu and the first person of colour to become Britain's Prime Minister. At the age of 42, he is also the youngest person to take office in more than 200 years. The result of Monday's contest caps a spectacularly ...

London, Oct 24 Former Home Secretary Priti Patel, who declared backing for Boris Johnson as UK PM, said on Monday that she is setting aside political differences to give fellow India-origin Rishi Sunak "the best chance of succeeding". Patel, who has served in former Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Cabinet, switched ...

London, Oct 24 Former British Chancellor Rishi Sunak is the firm favourite to replace Liz Truss as the next UK Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party and could do so by as early as Monday afternoon, the media reported. His closest rival, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, dramatically ...

London, Oct 24 Boris Johnson has pulled out of the race to become the next UK Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, saying he has enough support but decided that it was not the right thing to do, the media reported on Monday. In a statement on Sunday ...

London, Oct 23 Conservative UK politician of Indian descent Rishi Sunak has confirmed he is standing for the leadership of the ruling Conservative party and in effect the prime ministership of Britain. Taking to Twitter, he said: "The United Kingdom is a great country, but we face a profound economic ...

London, Oct 23 With Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, the two main potential candidates in the contest to become the UK's next Prime Minister, said to be locked in talks, speculation has been mounting over whether the pair could strike a deal to lay the foundations for a unified Conservative ...

London, Oct 23 Rallying behind their leader Keir Starmer, Indian-origin MPs from UK's Labour party ratcheted up their calls for the general election, claiming that the ongoing crisis can only be resolved by a fresh vote. The move comes as Conservatives engage in a number of games to formally enter ...

London, Oct 22 British Indian Rishi Sunak's best chance of becoming prime minister of the UK lies in no other candidate mustering the support of 100 ruling Conservative party MPs -- a minimum condition set by the 1922 Committee, authorised to conduct the election, as a qualifying mark. That would ...

London, Oct 22 The UK's economic outlook has been lowered to "negative" by rating agency Moody's due to the ongoing political instability and high inflation. Moody's changed the UK's outlook, which is a marker of how likely it is to pay back debts, from "stable", the BBC reported. Rating agencies, ...

London, Oct 22 Amidst ongoing political turmoil in the UK, former Chancellor Rishi Sunak is close to reaching the threshold of receiving 100 MP endorsements needed to enter the race to become the next Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, a media report said on Saturday. So far, ...