After more than a year as prime minister, Rishi Sunak, a Conservative, has failed to close a yawning gap in the polls. On Monday he did something new.
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U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Cancels Key Part of HS2 Rail Project
The British prime minister said he would pull the plug on a costly but potentially transformative line to Manchester that was a cornerstone of his party’s pledge to “level up” the north of England.
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Sunak’s UK Conservative Party Conference Haunted by Truss and Other Rivals
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hopes his governing party’s annual conference can lift his ailing poll numbers. Predecessors and would-be successors have other priorities.
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Tony Blair, Former U.K. Leader, Is Suddenly Back in Favor
The former British prime minister, who left Downing Street widely unpopular, is back in favor with his party, Labour, which hopes his political skills can be an advantage as an election nears.
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As Sunak Makes His Case to Britons, the Economy Could Undermine It
Britain’s Conservative government faces a morass of problems, some new, others longstanding, that are stymying Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.