It comes after he pledged action following the issue, which dates back to the 1990s, was brought back into the limelight following a television drama series aired recently.
Amid mounting pressure from sections of the governing Conservative Party to use tax cuts to revive the party's electoral fortunes, Sunak said that he intends to implement the next phase of economic growth by turning to taxation in a disciplined way.
The new law will place a legal expectation on judges to hand down whole-life orders, except in extremely limited circumstances.
While selling vapes to under 18s is illegal in the country, businesses have been found to be targeting children with colourful packaging of free samples.
The couple has slipped from 222nd position in 2022 to 275th in this year's tally with an estimated wealth of GBP 529 million
Voters went to the polls on Thursday to elect local representatives in 230 of England's 317 councils in what marked Sunak's first electoral test at the ballot box since he took charge at 10 Downing Street in October 2022.
The British Indian leader had made cracking down on this illegal route between the UK's sea border with neighbouring France among his top priorities for the year.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen adopted the deal at talks in Windsor, west of London, both sides said.
Under the new UK-India Young Professionals Scheme, the UK will offer 3,000 places annually to 18-30-year-old degree-educated Indian nationals to come to the UK to live and work in UK for up to two years. The scheme will be reciprocal
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 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.
Sunak is expected to meet finance minister Jeremy Hunt on Wednesday to discuss his proposals to increase taxes and squeeze public spending, the report said.
Braverman, who’s scathing resignation letter precipitated Liz Truss’ exit from Downing Street last week, is a fellow Bexiteer like Sunak. It remains to be seen how her tough stance on immigration will square off in the new Cabinet after her remarks about Indian visa overstayers caused much damage to the ongoing India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) talks.
It is Sunak’s elite education and extreme wealth that have drawn scrutiny — and become something of a political liability in a society famously divided by tensions over class.
In his first address as Tory leader soon after the result was declared, Sunak said his priority would be to bring the country together and said he was ''humbled and honoured'' to get the “greatest privilege” of his life to give back to the country “I owe so much”.