Who is the prime minister of britain

• U.S. says Ukraine counteroffensive could be long, and at a "high cost" • New details emerge about U.S. couple found dead in Mexico hotel • DOJ report finds Minneapolis police use "dangerous" excessive force • Ja Morant suspended for 25 games without pay, NBA announces • Iowa Supreme Court declines to reinstate law banning most abortions • Surgeon found guilty in teen's death after botched breast surgery • 26-year-old cyclist dies after crash during Tour de Suisse • Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Spotify deal over after just one show • Florida man executed for 1984 killings of teen babysitter and mother of 2 • • Shows • Live • Local • More • • Latest • Video • Photos • Podcasts • In Depth • Local • Global Thought Leaders • Innovators & Disruptors • • Log In • Newsletters • Mobile • RSS • CBS Store • Paramount+ • Join Our Talent Community • Davos 2023 • Search • Search • London— Rishi Sunak became prime minister of the United Kingdom on Tuesday after meeting with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace. The 42-year-old former treasury chief is the country's King Charles III welcomes Rishi Sunak during an audience at Buckingham Palace, London, where he invited the newly elected leader of the Conservative Party to become Prime Minister and form a new government, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. Aaron Chown / AP "Right now, our country is facing a profound economic crisis. The aftermath of Sunak, who used to work in finance, is — alongside his wife, tech heiress Akshata Murty — one of...

On Saturday, this newspaper asked if he was Youth Sunak was born in Southampton in 1980 to Indian parents who had moved to the UK from east Africa. His father was a GP and his mother ran her own pharmacy. The eldest of three children, Sunak was educated at a private boarding school, Winchester College, which costs £43,335 a year to attend. He was head boy, and has in recent years made Sunak went on to study politics, philosophy and economics at the University of Oxford, like Family Murty, 42, is the daughter of the Indian billionaire NR Narayana Murthy, often described as the Bill Gates of India, who founded the software company Infosys. According to reports, his daughter has a 0.91% stake in the company, worth about £700m. The couple married in her home town of Bengaluru in a two-day ceremony in 2009 attended by 1,000 guests. They have two daughters, Krishna and Anoushka. In April this year it emerged that Murty was Without that non-dom status she could have been liable for more than £20m of UK taxes on these windfalls, it was reported. After a public outcry, her spokesperson announced she would start paying UK taxes on her overseas earnings to relieve political pressure on her husband. Still, Sunak and Murty’s combined fortune is estimated to be £730m, Rise to the top Sunak has gone from MP to prime minister in just seven years – faster than any other PM in the modern era. David Cameron achieved the same in nine years, but again, Pitt the Younger holds the overall record...

Sunak, the first British Asian to assume the role and a multimillionaire former banker, paid passing tribute to those predecessors in his first speech as leader Tuesday. But he also acknowledged “mistakes were made” under Truss, and promised to lead with “integrity, professionalism and accountability” — three qualities Johnson is widely perceived as lacking. “Our country is facing a profound economic crisis,” Sunak said in his first speech as prime minister outside No. 10 Downing St. “I will unite our country not with words but with action.” At 42, Sunak will be Though Sunak is a former banker, it’s through his wife’s father, an Indian software tycoon, that the couple sits on an estimated 730 million pound fortune ($825 million) — making them richer than the king and Camilla, the queen consort. Just like Truss, Sunak was not elected by the U.K.’s 67 million people but rather appointed by a few hundred Conservative lawmakers. In the U.K., the party with the most lawmakers in the House of Commons can appoint a new leader without holding a nationwide election. The opposition Labour Party and many others are demanding a public vote after the months of scandal and upheaval. Sunak, who served as finance minister under Johnson, won the ruling Conservatives' leadership contest Monday after an aborted comeback bid by his former boss. Now, Sunak will appoint his Cabinet, personnel who will give a sense of how he hopes to tackle the plummeting fortunes of the country’s economy and hi...

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Show Less Rishi Sunak, (born May 12, 1980, Southampton, England), British politician and financier who became leader of the Early life Sunak was born into a family with immigrant roots. His grandparents emigrated from As a result of his parents’ sacrifices and saving to fund his education, Sunak was able to attend After graduating from Oxford in 2001, Sunak became an analyst for Goldman Sachs, working for the investment banking company until 2004. As a Fulbright scholar, he then pursued an MBA at Akshata Murthy, daughter of The Sunday Times. (Some sources estimated Akshata Murthy’s net Political career In 2010 Sunak began working for the Conservative Party. During this period he also became involved with Policy Exchange, a leading Conservative A Portrait of Modern Britain, a pamphlet that Sunak wrote with Saratha Rajeswaran, deputy head of the BME unit. In 2014 Sunak was chosen as the Conservative Party’s candidate for the From 2015 to 2017 he was a member of the Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. During Sunak’s Sunak’s “Eat Out to Help Out” scheme, aimed at supporting restaurants and pubs with government-subsidized food and drinks, was viewed by some observers as a rousing success, but critics pointed to it as having likely played a significant role in the emergence of a catastrophic spike in COVID-19 cases in autumn 2020. Nonetheless, the portrait of Sunak that arose during the Sunak’s gleaming brand was tarnished, however, by a s...

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