Rishi Sunak picks his way through budget minefield – POLITICO
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LONDON — “Better than the last guy” might not be quite the tagline every world leader hopes for. It could yet be Rishi Sunak’s winning formula. The British prime minister,…
How Boris Johnson’s departure paved the way for a grand Brexit bargain – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — It was clear when Boris Johnson was forced from Downing Street that British politics had changed forever.…
Rishi Sunak vows closer tracking of ‘controlling and coercive’ domestic abusers – POLITICO
LONDON — Domestic abusers face stricter monitoring under a clampdown unveiled by Rishi Sunak Monday. The U.K. prime minister kicks off the week with a package of planned reforms aimed…
Scotland’s Nicola Sturgeon quits – POLITICO
Nicola Sturgeon is resigning as Scotland’s first minister in a move that stunned her pro-independence party and fired the starting pistol on the race to succeed her. The Scottish National…
Britain’s semiconductor plan goes AWOL as US and EU splash billions – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — As nations around the world scramble to secure crucial semiconductor supply chains over fears about relations with…
Rishi Sunak braces for biggest UK strike in 12 years – POLITICO
LONDON — Public sector workers on strike, the cost-of-living climbing, and a government on the ropes. “It’s hard to miss the parallels” between the infamous ‘Winter of Discontent’ of 1978-79…
Rishi Sunak fires minister Nadhim Zahawi after tax investigation – POLITICO
Rishi Sunak has fired Conservative Party chairman Nadhim Zahawi over a “serious breach” of U.K. government ethics rules relating to his tax affairs. Zahawi has been hit by weeks of…
Boris Johnson hogs spotlight with Ukraine visit – POLITICO
Boris Johnson leaped back into the spotlight on Sunday after videos of the former British prime minister visiting Ukraine were posted online, in a move likely to irritate the Conservative…
Tehran executes British-Iranian dual national on charges of espionage – POLITICO
Iran executed a former deputy Iranian defense minister, who was a British-Iranian, on allegations of spying for British intelligence, marking the first execution of a prominent official in over a…