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The controversial ultra-low emission zone was expanded to cover the whole of Greater London this week. Now, the Metropolitan Police has revealed the force received 159 reports of ULEZ cameras being stolen and 351 reports of cameras being damaged between April and August. More than 500 crimes relating to stealing and damaging ULEZ cameras have been committed in the last five months, the Metropolitan Police have revealed. A crime can include more than one offence and the number has almost doubled in the past month because by 1 August, the Met had recorded 288 crimes. The ULEZ was expanded to...

U.S. President Joe Biden flew into the United Kingdom on Sunday night, a stop-off on his way to the NATO summit in Lithuania tomorrow, and is due to meet with PM Sunak and take tea with King Charles III at Windsor Castle. Biden is on a three-nation tour of Europe, starting with the United Kingdom, followed by the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, and then to Helsinki, Finland, the newest member of NATO. He stayed the night at the American Embassy overnight and will travel to Windsor Castle today.

Who are you again? President Biden tripped over British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s title during their White House meeting Thursday — referring to the UK pol as “Mr. President.” The 80-year-old Biden’s gaffe came almost immediately after the two leaders sat down in the Oval Office ahead of their wide-ranging talks. “Well, Mr. President,” Biden started to say before abruptly correcting himself. “Mr. President? I just demoted you.” As Sunak, 43, laughed off the slip-up, Biden continued: “Mr. Prime Minister, it’s great to have you back.”

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Thursday that Ukraine’s “rightful place” is within the NATO military alliance. Sunak said he agreed with comments made earlier Thursday by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg that Ukraine is on the path toward NATO membership. “I agree with the NATO Secretary-General: Ukraine’s rightful place is in NATO,” Sunak told CNBC’s Silvia Amaro. Britain’s prime minister said that allied nations were sending a “strong signal” to Russian President Vladimir Putin that they would safeguard Ukraine’s security arrangements for the long term. “We want to make sure that we put in place security arrangements for Ukraine for...

Rishi Sunak has insisted people are reaping Brexit rewards across the country, citing cheaper beer and sanitary products. "I introduced freeports – a Brexit benefit around the country attracting jobs and investment to lots of different places," Mr Sunak said."We cut VAT on sanitary products, we reformed the alcohol duties that mean this summer you will be able to get cheaper beer in pubs."These are all very tangible benefits of Brexit that I’ve already delivered."

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting the UK to meet Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. In a tweet, he said he would meet his "friend" Mr Sunak to hold "substantive negotiations". The UK announced on Thursday that it would supply Ukraine with the long-range missiles it had requested to fight the Russian invasion. Mr Zelensky has been meeting Western leaders in recent days seeking to bolster support for Ukraine. At the meeting, Mr Sunak said the pair would be "discussing what more we can do to support" Mr Zelensky and Ukraine. The Ukrainian leader is the first foreign dignitary to meet...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that “nothing is off the table” in terms of sending fighter jets to Ukraine after demands from both President Volodymyr Zelenksy and former Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday. Following a speech delivered in the historic Westminster Hall by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy in which he cheekily thanked the United Kingdom “in advance” for shipments of “powerful English planes” to fight the Russians, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s official spokesman attempted to play down the prospect of sending fighter jets to the country for now, noting that Ukrainian soldiers are not currently trained in how to...

In footage while serving breakfast to people, Sunak was asked by one man called Dean: 'Are you sorting the economy out?'.Dean then said he was interested in business, prompting Sunak to ask him what kind of business.Rishi - 'Do you work in business? Do you want some fruit?'Dean - 'No I'm homeless. I'm actually a homeless person. But I am interested in business.Rishi - 'What kind of business?'Dean - 'I like finance, it's good for the city and em when finance and stuff is doing well we all do well in London.'Rishi - 'Yeah that's absolutely right. So I used...

The UK, the biggest supporter of Ukraine after the US is reconsidering its support for Ukraine. The same country which has given unwavering support to Ukraine till today is backing off from Ukraine. And, this step is being taken by Rishi Sunak. Let’s find out the crux of the move.According to BBC Newsnight, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has requested a data-driven assessment of the war’s development in Ukraine.Critics say that it makes little sense why is UK sending its military weapons to Ukraine when the war directly doesn’t concern it. According to information provided to BBC Newsnight, Volodymyr Zelensky, the...

Rishi Sunak suffered a bloody nose today as Labour boosted its majority in the Chester by-election - while the Tories recorded their worst performance in the seat for 190 years. In the PM's first major electoral test, local councillor Samantha Dixon emerged victorious by a 10,974 vote margin - well up on the 6,100 secured in 2019. Although Labour was expected to win, the swing of nearly 14 per cent from the Conservatives will set alarm bells ringing in Downing Street.

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Failed presidential candidate John Kerry has urged King Charles III to attend the United Nations COP27 climate change conference in Egypt after it was revealed that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will not travel to the meeting because he is too busy. John Kerry, who serves as President Joe Biden’s special envoy on climate change on the international stage, has said that it would be “very powerful” if King Charles joins the globalist meeting in Sharm el Sheikh next month to help push the green agenda in light of the British Monarch’s vocal history on the issue.

@RishiSunak Great call with @JustinTrudeau. As close friends and free market democracies the UK and Canada have a vital role in promoting economic growth and stability, as well as ensuring Ukraine is supported unequivocally.

Rishi Sunak happens to be Hindu by faith, but this fact is unlikely to make him pro-India With Rishi Sunak becoming the third Prime Minister in two months, there are great expectations from him, especially because he has experience, as a former finance minister, to tackle the economic crisis that Britain faces. Just like his immediate predecessor, Liz Truss, he is a Thatcherite. “My values are Thatcherite. I believe in hard work, family and integrity. I am a Thatcherite, I am running as a Thatcherite and I will govern as a Thatcherite,” he wrote in a newspaper. But there is...

As Rishi Sunak prepares to become the UK’s next prime minister at the start of the festival of Diwali – when Hindus pray to the goddess Lakshmi for prosperity and success – in India some Hindus celebrated the fact that someone sharing their religion had reached such high office in the UK. “To have a Hindu inside 10 Downing Street is something astonishing and of great joy, and that too on Diwali,” said Satish Verma, a supermarket owner in Delhi. “Although he is British, it will make us Hindus proud that one of us made it so big.” Sunak, who...

LONDON — Rishi Sunak, the former chancellor of the Exchequer, was poised to become Britain’s next prime minister as soon as Monday, after Boris Johnson pulled out of the race to succeed Liz Truss on Sunday evening. If Mr. Sunak wins, he will become the first person of color, the first person of Indian heritage and the first person of Hindu faith to lead Britain. Mr. Sunak, who lost a leadership contest to Ms. Truss this summer, is the clear front-runner, with the public backing of 192 Conservative lawmakers as of Monday afternoon, according to the BBC. That number represents...

"The United Kingdom is a great country but we face a profound economic crisis. "The choice our Party makes now will decide whether the next generation of British people will have more opportunities than the last. "That's why I am standing to be your new Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party. I want to fix our economy, unite our Party and deliver for our country. "I served as your Chancellor, helping to steer our economy through the toughest of times. "The challenges we face now are even greater. But the opportunities - if we make the right choice...

Plans are under way for Boris Johnson to be joined by Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss and travel to see the Queen, 96, in Scotland on September 6 in what would be a historic first The Queen, who is on a ten-week holiday at the 50,000-acre Balmoral estate, has had occasional mobility problems for almost a year and spent a night in hospital last October A decision on where the constitutional ceremony — known as “kissing hands” — takes place will be announced next week A source said “There are some parts of her role that Prince Charles can do...

The foreign secretary has opened up a commanding lead over the former Chancellor as the long campaign gets underway Yesterday, Conservative MPs voted to send both Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss through to the final stage of the party’s leadership contest. One of them will now be selected to replace Boris Johnson by the party membership in a ballot running from 4 August until early September. Earlier this week, our figures suggested that Truss would beat Sunak in a hypothetical head-to-head by 19 points. Now, with the final two announced and the summer campaign just beginning, a new YouGov poll...

Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak – a frontrunner to become Britain’s next Prime Minister – has family ties to a technology partner of the World Economic Forum that has advocated for a Chinese Communist Party-style economy complete with trackable, digital identities and currency. Sunak, who topped the second round of voting by Conservative Members of Parliament (MP) in the Tory leadership race on July 15th following Boris Johnson’s resignation, is widely considered the “neoliberal” or “globalist” candidate. The father of Sunak’s wife Akshata Murthy is the founder of Infosys, an Indian information technology company that provides services to a...