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The hour-long debate, “Sunak v Starmer: The ITV Debate,” will be on ITV1, ITVX and STV … Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak to Face Off in First U.K. General Election Debate on ITV as British ...
Britain's Rishi Sunak and Labour's Keir Starmer went head-to-head on Tuesday over how to boost the country's economy, with the prime minister accusing the opposition party of wanting to increase ...
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer struggled to get their messages across in the first half of their fiery final televised debate of the U.K. election campaign ...
Country/Territory Location Date Details 1 United States Washington D.C. 9–11 July Starmer attended the 2024 NATO summit for his first international trip. [1] [2] On the flight to the summit, Starmer laid out a "cast iron" commitment to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, following a “root and branch” review of Britain's defences.
Sunak is a close friend of The Spectator 's former political editor James Forsyth, whom he has known since their school days. Sunak was the best man at Forsyth's wedding to the journalist Allegra Stratton, and they are godparents to each other's children. [14] He appointed Forsyth as his political secretary in December 2022. [254]
Changes from Starmer's final Shadow Cabinet to Cabinet.. Thangam Debbonaire (Shadow Culture Secretary) lost her seat and Lisa Nandy was appointed in her place.; Nandy's role (Shadow International Development Cabinet Minister) was a full member of Shadow Cabinet despite the department having merged into the Foreign Office under the previous government and not reformed by Starmer.
Rishi Sunak's final appearance at the despatch box as Conservative party leader was marked by a jovial exchange with Sir Keir Starmer during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, 30 October.
Starmer stated that there was a "massive difference between declarations and corruption," saying that "all MPs get gifts" and that as Prime Minister, he "can’t go into the stands because of security reasons. Therefore, if I don’t accept a gift of hospitality, I can’t go to a game." [28] Members of Starmer's cabinet defended his actions.