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  • Former UK PM Liz Truss walks off stage after 'I Crashed the Economy' banner unfurls- Watch

    Truss, who was on stage at a public event at Beccles Public Hall, Suffolk was speaking about Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump when the banner appeared from her behind.

  • UK’s Liz Truss pocketed £80,000 for 4-hour Taiwan engagement

    UK’s Liz Truss pocketed £80,000 for 4-hour Taiwan engagement

    The UK’s shortest-serving prime minister received the payment from Taiwanese think tank, the Prospect Foundation, according to the UK parliamentary register of members’ financial interests.

  • Need relook at UN Security Council as current structure not working; back greater role for India: Liz Truss

    Need relook at UN Security Council as current structure not working; back greater role for India: Liz Truss

    Speaking at ABP Network's Ideas of India Summit here, Truss also there was a need to fast-track Ukraine's NATO membership.

  • Rishi Sunak marks 100 days as UK PM with pledge to deliver change

    Rishi Sunak marks 100 days as UK PM with pledge to deliver change

    The UK's first Indian-origin Prime Minister took charge at 10 Downing Street a day after Diwali last year on October 25 in the wake of intense political turmoil following the unceremonious exit of his predecessors – party-gate scandal-hit Boris Johnson and the country's shortest-serving Prime Minister Liz Truss.

  • Liz Truss's demands for coffee, fresh sandwiches and chilled wine revealed in biography

    Liz Truss's demands for coffee, fresh sandwiches and chilled wine revealed in biography

    Liz Truss rejected sandwiches that were pre-made and wrapped in plastic and would insist on a freshly made one, according to the book.

  • UK politicians demand probe into Liz Truss phone hack claim

    UK politicians demand probe into Liz Truss phone hack claim

    The Mail on Sunday said that the hack was discovered when Truss was running to become Conservative Party leader and prime minister in the summer.

  • In Pics | Meet UK PM Rishi Sunak's top team to tackle Britain's crisis

    In Pics | Meet UK PM Rishi Sunak's top team to tackle Britain's crisis

    Sunak appoints Dominic Raab as the Deputy PM. Home Secretary Suella Braverman, who resigned last week in a move that helped trigger Truss' downfall, gets her job back. Here's the list of new Team Sunak.

  • Rishi Sunak makes Parliament debut as UK PM, axes more of Liz Truss policies: Here's a look

    Rishi Sunak makes Parliament debut as UK PM, axes more of Liz Truss policies: Here's a look

    Rishi Sunak has already appointed a government that mixes allies with experienced ministers from the administrations of his two immediate predecessors, Liz Truss and Boris Johnson as he tries to tackle Britain’s multiple economic problems.

  • Don't count on Sunak to protect your UK Pension

    Don't count on Sunak to protect your UK Pension

    One of Truss’s last acts as PM was to reaffirm the government's commitment to raise the state pension each year by the higher of earnings, inflation or 2.5%.

  • Markets didn’t oust Truss, the Bank of England did

    Markets didn’t oust Truss, the Bank of England did

    Truss won the leadership of the Conservative Party, which the UK electorate had voted into power, by promising a range of deep tax cuts and government spending increases. Whatever one might think of her policies, they were her mandate.

  • Rishi Sunak ditches Liz Truss's signature twisted wood podium worth $4,500

    Rishi Sunak ditches Liz Truss's signature twisted wood podium worth $4,500

    The lecterns, which have a metal core to prevent them blowing over, usually take at least three weeks to manufacture at a cost of up to $4,500.

  • British PM Rishi Sunak says he has been elected to fix 'mistakes' made by his predecessor

    British PM Rishi Sunak says he has been elected to fix 'mistakes' made by his predecessor

    The investment banker-turned politician is the youngest British prime minister in 210 years.

  • Can Rishi Sunak tame recessions, rising rates, and political turmoil in the UK?

    Can Rishi Sunak tame recessions, rising rates, and political turmoil in the UK?

    Britain’s new PM has not many choices. A prudent fiscal policy, spending cuts and tax hikes seem to be the way ahead. However, as the richest politician in the country, it will be no easy task for Sunak to tell people to tighten their belts even more and win their approval.

  • Liz Truss wishes Rishi Sunak every success' as she exits as UK PM

    Liz Truss wishes Rishi Sunak every success' as she exits as UK PM

    Accompanied by her husband Hugh O’Leary and two daughters, Britain’s shortest-serving Prime Minister ended her tenure by trying to strike an optimistic tone as she said that brighter days lie ahead.

  • Rishi Sunak to take charge as UK Prime Minister after meeting King Charles

    Rishi Sunak to take charge as UK Prime Minister after meeting King Charles

    Outgoing Prime Minister Liz Truss will chair her final Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street on Tuesday morning before she makes her way to Buckingham Palace to formally tender her resignation to the 73-year-old monarch

  • Rishi Sunak is UK's PM-elect, India beats Pakistan in T20 World Cup = Happy Diwali, says Twitter

    Rishi Sunak is UK's PM-elect, India beats Pakistan in T20 World Cup = Happy Diwali, says Twitter

    Diwali 2022: For Indians on Twitter, the feats by Rishi Sunak and Virat Kohli have brightened their festival celebrations

  • Rishi Sunak to be new UK PM: Indians celebrate, but Britons say 'No one voted for him'

    Rishi Sunak to be new UK PM: Indians celebrate, but Britons say 'No one voted for him'

    Rishi Sunak: Calls for a general election--which had erupted during Liz Truss's tenure--is only growing stronger now with several Britons claiming Rishi Sunak has no mandate without getting a single vote from the public in his favour.

  • Diwali 2022: Liz Truss calls for deepening bonds with India in special message

    Diwali 2022: Liz Truss calls for deepening bonds with India in special message

    In her first public address after resigning as the leader of the Conservative Party, Liz Truss said, ""The triumph of light over darkness is at the heart of Diwali. We can all take inspiration from that powerful message."

  • Italy’s first woman PM has a battle on her hands on the economic front; her cabinet choices reassure US, NATO

    Italy’s first woman PM has a battle on her hands on the economic front; her cabinet choices reassure US, NATO

    As Italy’s first woman prime minister, Meloni may try to avoid the fate of the UK’s Liz Truss. But that would also depend largely on how her coalition partners choose their battle.

  • Boris Johnson loyalist Priti Patel comes out in support of Rishi Sunak as UK PM

    Boris Johnson loyalist Priti Patel comes out in support of Rishi Sunak as UK PM

    The Indian-origin former home secretary, who resigned from the Cabinet when Liz Truss was elected the Prime Minister last month, said the Tories must put political differences aside to give Sunak the best chance of succeeding as the new leader.

  • Boris Johnson pulls out of UK PM race, Rishi Sunak closer to victory

    Boris Johnson pulls out of UK PM race, Rishi Sunak closer to victory

    The 55-year-old former leader claimed he had crossed the 100-MPs threshold but decided not to go forward in the interest of Tory party's unity.

  • UK political turmoil: What you need to know

    UK political turmoil: What you need to know

    Boris Johnson and his former finance minister Rishi Sunak are leading the contenders to be the next prime minister following Liz Truss' resignation after just six weeks in office.

  • How political primaries drive Britain’s dysfunction

    How political primaries drive Britain’s dysfunction

    Liz Truss was only the fourth British leader to win the job through a particularly American practice newly common in her country: a party primary.

  • 'Rishi Sunak isn't even British!' says 'racist' caller on UK radio station. Host hits back | Watch

    'Rishi Sunak isn't even British!' says 'racist' caller on UK radio station. Host hits back | Watch

    "Eighty five per cent of England are white English people and they want a Prime Minister who reflects that. I can’t just go to India and be the Prime Minister there can I?"

  • UK leadership race: Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson camps claim hitting 100 MPs mark

    UK leadership race: Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson camps claim hitting 100 MPs mark

    Neither Rishi Sunak nor Boris Johnson has officially declared their intention to contest the leadership election, with Leader of the Commons Penny Mordaunt the only candidate to formally announce her candidacy so far.

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