Rishi Sunak

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave evidence to the Covid inquiry this week about the effect of the pandemic on young people. (Photo: Getty Images for Fortune Media)

Vladimir McTavish: Main Covid Inquiry lesson – never invite Boris Johnson back

Prostate Cancer UK’s CEO Laura Kerby and Sir Chris Hoy attending an event in support of Prostate Cancer. Sir Chris has called for systemic change in the ways men get tested for prostate cancer

Time for more urgent action on men’s prostate cancer screening - Steve Cardownie

Dua Lipa.

Dua Lipa the youngest person on under 40s Sunday Times Rich List

Dominic Cummings, former advisor to prime minister Boris Johnson, poses for photographers outside his home on January 24, 2022 in London (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Mostly the worst of times - Vladimir McTavish

Ian Murray meets Grace Fu, Singapore minister of trade relations

The year of getting Scotland back on track - Ian Murray

Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria on the steps of Number 10

A dramatic year in politics - Ian Swanson

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at her campaign headquarters on Monday. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Why America matters for all our futures - Alex Cole-Hamilton

The King's Speech was full of radical policies, says Ian Swanson

King's Speech demonstrates Keir Starmer's radical intent

Larry the cat sits outside 10 Downing Street, London. Picture date: Tuesday April 27, 2021. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Cummings. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

So who’s going to be top cat in Downing Street? - Vladimir McTavish

abour leader and incoming Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and wife Victoria enter 10 Downing Street

Watch: Keir Starmer makes first speech as Prime Minister outside No 10

However the results have fallen Lothian’s constituencies need visible and active local representatives, says Sue Webber

Getting the basics right is vital in politics - Sue Webber

Polling stations across the UK have opened as voters have their say at the General Election after weeks of campaigning.

Polling under way across the UK as voters have their say

Neil Kinnock falls over on Brighton seafront in 1983.

Funny political stunts gone wrong from elections past

General Election 2024’s 7 best campaign moments and gaffes.

General Election 2024 7 best campaign moments and gaffes

Ian Murray with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, right, during a visit to the Harland & Wolff construction yard in Methil. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

An opportunity we can’t afford to miss - Ian Murray

Labour's cautious campaign is sign of its seriousness about power Ian Swanson

Rishi Sunak launched the election in the pouring rain

Labour's cautious campaign is sign of its seriousness about power

Christine Grahame MSP

The Labour and Tory sums don’t add up - Christine Grahame

Rishi Sunak: Four men arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross is joined by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to unveil The Scottish Conservatives manifesto in Edinburgh yesterday

Bet you can’t wait to kick out the Tories completely in Scotland - Angus Roberts...

Labour has no solution to austerity, child poverty and Brexit madness - Angus Ro...

What's the future for Tories and Reform UK after election?

The public reacted badly to Rishi Sunak skipping the D-Day commemorations in Normandy

He left them on the beaches . . . Sunak’s shame: Alex Cole Hamilton

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross (Photo by PA Wire)

Tory turmoil spreads north as Douglas Ross says he'll quit

John Swinney launched the SNP's general election campaign, telling supporters in Glasgow he believed passionately that independence was the best opportunity to build a more prosperous and fairer country.
"Westminster decision-making has meant austerity, Brexit and a cost of living crisis being imposed on Scotland."

A guide to what's happened in the election this week - in pictures

Count Binface

When it comes to the crunch in the polls you can count on Binface - Vladimir McT...

D-Day: The Unheard Tapes gave a new voice to first-hand accounts of D-Day, the invasion of Normandy by Allied troops in June 1944 (Picture: BBC/Wall to Wall Media Ltd/Justin Dowling)

D-Day: The Unheard Tapes is a must-watch for a disappearing Sunak
It seems that Rishi Sunak has apologised for having an early dart from the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy.
Philip Cunnington

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will go head to head in tonight’s televised leaders' debate. Picture: PA/PA Wire

Sunak v Starmer - how to watch Tuesday’s leaders' debate

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, soaked in rain, pauses as he delivers a speech to announce July 4 as the date of the UK's next general election. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Tories start election campaign looking like biggest losers

Don't forget to vote on July 4

Make sure you don’t lose your general election vote on July 4 - Susan Dalgety

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak issue a statement outside 10 Downing Street after calling a general election for July 4

D:Ream and Wet Wet Wet – Sunak’s election timing is a damp squib - Vladimir McT...

Rishi Sunak scores election own goal with football gaffe.

Watch: Rishi Sunak scores election own goal with football gaffe

Rishi Sunak calls 2024 UK general election

Rishi Sunak has called a general election for July 4.

Watch: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces July 4 General Election

What you need to know about the new Universal Credit rules

Rishi Sunak's, left, Tories lost out in English council elections while John Swinney, right, takes over the SNP leadership with polls showing the party likely to lose seats at the general election

SNP and Tory troubles are not going away

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Rwanda bill was passed, despite fears of a Tory rebellion.

Force asylum seekers to move to Stoke, that will stop the boats - Vladimir McTa...

MPs have backed a bill, championed by prime minister Rishi Sunak to phase out the legal sale of cigarettes. Picture: Kim Mogg/Getty

Will Rishi Sunak’s new law really herald the end of cigarettes? - Susan Dalgety

MPs voted for an eventual smoking ban on Tuesday evening.

Who monitors smoking ban plan?- John McLellan

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak welcomes the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, to 10 Downing Street, for talks last week. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Rwanda Bill shows Tory disdain for humanity and the rule of law - Angus Robertso...

Truss shows no remorse and blames 'economic establishment'

General election may not be until 2025, Deputy Prime Minister hints

A man pushes a bicycle along as he walks amid building rubble in the devastated area around Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

War remains big business on a global scale - Christine Grahame

Martyn Day MP demands justice for WASPI women in Linlithgow and East Falkirk

MARTYN DAY MP DEMANDS JUSTICE FOR WASPI WOMEN IN LINLITHGOW AND EAST FALKIRK

Rishi Sunak visits an apprentice training centre at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) on March 18 in Coventry

End the agony Rishi, call an election - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Tory donor Frank Hester and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Credit: PA/Getty/Mark Hall

Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy election ride - Vladimir McTavi...

Some Tory MPs are keen for Boris Johnson to replace Rishi Sunak as leader

Some desperate Tories are plotting to bring back Boris Johnson - Steve Cardowni...

Protesters during a pro-Palestine rally in Edinburgh organised by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, calling for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Photo: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Pro-Palestine protesters stand in solidarity with Palestinian women

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons

Election all about kicking Rishi Sunak out, not the Scottish constitution - John...

Jeremy Hunt will announce the 2024 Budget. Credit: Kim Mogg/Getty/Adobe

Budget 2024: Hunt cuts NI again and reforms child benefit

Liz Truss was ‘PM for less time than the shelf life of an iceberg lettuce’, says Vladimir McTavish

What’s the point of a pantomime if you don’t have a villain? - Vladimir McTavish

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, with Lee Anderson MP for Ashfield during a visit to Woodland View Primary School in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Mr Anderson has had the Conservative whip suspended after making a widely criticised claim that London Mayor Sadiq Khan was controlled by "Islamists"

It’s time to kick out far right Tory party racists and conspiracists - Angus Rob...

Humza Yousaf now believes that anyone earning more than £28,500 in Scotland should pay more income tax, says Ian Murray

Warped tax priorities from the SNP - Ian Murray

The UK has entered a recession

UK enters recession as economy shrinks

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will face a lot of obstacles this week.

Time to show Sunak the door - Angus Robertson

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