Rishi Sunak

“You said what's your mantra, what's my equivalent of the singing fish doing Bob Marley?” the Prime Minister asked. “It's Akshata.” Oh man. Poor woman. Rishi ...

For Sunak, the fish are singing: “Do worry, be afraid.” Sunak clung to them like a lifeboat; they were “the things that matter most to the country”. Ever the head boy, he promised Morgan a return leg interview in December: “You can give me my report card on these five things.” Really, they are the things that focus groups have told Tory pollsters that matter to the country. Whatever Sunak used to be, it is hard to shake the feeling that he is cringe now. Rishi Sunak used to be the most popular politician in the country.

The prime minister had looked never more like the head boy of Winchester College going through the motions of his Oxbridge interview.

People seem to like to say of him that he’s “out of touch”, but he doesn’t appear to be. Morgan would be told that Sunakism is, “about people feeling proud of their country, about hope for a better future”. Interior designers like to say that the inside of a person’s house is the clearest window into their soul, and they might even be right. Britain’s current prime minister appears to be a kind of public school Forrest Gump. It would not have been a huge shock if, in the middle of [ the prime minister’s interview with Piers Morgan](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-piers-morgan-interview-b2274806.html), Mrs Hinch had wandered in to wipe down the mantelpiece with a bottle of vinegar spray. Everyone knows there is a lot of money involved but no one can really work out how or why or what it’s all about.

Rishi Sunak appeared uncomfortable as Piers Morgan grilled him on his relationship with his wife during a new TalkTV interview. The prime minister was ...

"The bit that means the most to me at the moment is the support that she gives me doing this job", he responded. , Morgan joked, before asking what love means to him. The pair exchanged words about Sunak's proposal to his wife at California's 'Half Moon Bay'.

In a recent interview, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak shared details of the romantic proposal he planned for Akshata Murthy.

Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murthy met each other at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Sunak has previously admitted there was “clearly something” when he first met Akshata and added that he is an ardent fan of rom-coms. When asked what love means to him, he said, “There are lots of different aspects to it.

Rishi Sunak is undoubtedly rich thanks to his own assets and his wife's family wealth, but the Prime Minister wasn't too pleased to be asked to reveal just ...

He doesn't struggle to heat his pool, but most struggle to hear their home. Because he clearly cannot relate to 99% of the UK population with such a huge amount of wealth. Akshata is reported to have a £690m stake in the family firm. [Piers Morgan](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/piers-morgan) tried to get [Rishi Sunak ](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/rishi-sunak)to be open and honest about his financial situation on Thursday night. [Liz Truss](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/liz-truss)' successor - who is rumoured to be a billionaire - looked uncomfortable with the questioning and left a notable silence before delivering his blunt reply. most people would consider I am very financially fortunate," Sunak added, after discussing the fact he was "brought up by parents who emigrated to this country."

Jacob Rees-Mogg and other ex-ministers including John Redwood and Mark Francois are among those who have called on the Government to halt work on posts for ...

The protocol, which was agreed by the EU and UK as a way to keep the Irish land border free-flowing post-Brexit, has created a series of new customs and regulatory barriers between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK. His claim states that the Northern Ireland Protocol itself asserts that Northern Ireland is part of the customs territory of the United Kingdom. In the absence of devolved government, responsibility falls on Defra to construct new facilities at Northern Ireland ports to check goods entering Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK In the absence of devolved government, responsibility falls on Defra to construct new facilities at Northern Ireland ports to check goods entering Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK, checks that are opposed by the DUP. [Rishi Sunak scrambled to soothe DUP and Tory MP nerves over Northern Ireland protocol concessions today as No10 played down hopes a deal is nearly done.](/news/article-11698859/Britain-European-Union-strike-customs-deal-end-wrangling-Northern-Ireland.html) They add that they would also 'protect the integrity of a different legal regime in Northern Ireland created by laws in over 300 areas imposed by a polity of which it is not a part and in which it has no representation', namely the European Union.

The Prime Minister, who is worth an estimated £730m, is the first front-line politician to be on the Sunday Times Rich List.

The wealthiest [are likely](https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/the-cost-of-living-crisis-hitting-everyone-but-the-rich/) to see their incomes rise by 4 per cent between 2021-22 and 2023-24, while the average family’s income will drop by 7 per cent drop. [cost of living](https://www.newstatesman.com/tag/cost-of-living-crisis), which top the list of voter priorities. [reported that](https://sotn.newstatesman.com/2023/02/rishi-sunak-day-100-least-popular-prime-minister) Sunak is the least popular prime minister in recent history. [somewhere around £730m](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/28/sunak-is-almost-a-billionaire-with-a-net-worth-double-king-charles.html). Sunak’s cringe-inducing conversation with a homeless man about financial services, and his extravagant use of a private jet to take him from London to Leeds have brought into question how much Sunak has in common with his fellow man. But there is more. He and his wife’s net worth is For the public, there is one bitter takeaway: the Tory party seems to believe itself to be an exceptional elite. First, there are the facts: Sunak’s wealth is extraordinary. Looking confused, Sunak mumbled: “Well, most people would consider that I am financially fortunate, yes.” Sunak dismissed any further such questions, asking people to judge him on his actions, “not how much is in my bank account”. His education at Eton and Oxford were often cited, along with his multimillion-pound net worth. It can easily be framed as work ethic and grit.

The enormous wealth of Rishi Sunak, Britain's first prime minister of Asian descent, risks once again becoming a liability for the under-fire politician.

economy tipped to be the only G7 country to [face a likely recession](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11695503/Britain-faces-G7-country-recession-year.html) this year, it risks making him appear out of touch with the everyday voter. The last thing Sunak needs during Britain’s cost of living crisis is to remind everyone that he is not only loaded, but so is his wife. [could be wiped out](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-lead-general-election-poll-b2253953.html) in the next election, scheduled to be held next year at the latest, and potentially lose power for a generation. “What matters about that is not how much is in my bank account,” he said. [disgraced former prime minister](https://fortune.com/2022/07/07/why-did-boris-johnson-resign-series-of-scandals-controversies-sparked-cabinet-mutiny/) has been gallivanting around—one week in Davos, the next in Kyiv—in a potential bid to look statesmanlike again and rally support. [political scandal](https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/rishi-sunaks-wife-akshata-murty-gives-up-non-dom-tax-status-and-promises-to-pay-uk-tax-on-worldwide-income-1566258). [Sign up here.](https://mynewsletters.fortune.com/trust-factor/) [inflation surging](https://news.sky.com/story/uk-inflation-shop-prices-yet-to-hit-their-peak-despite-record-highs-seen-in-january-12799752), [half a million workers picketing](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/01/britain-strike-unions-cost-of-living/) for higher wages, and the U.K. [Kia](https://fortune.com/company/kia-motors/) Rio hatchback that turned out [not to be his](https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/rishi-sunak-car-borrowed-sainsburys-petrol-pump-paid-fuel-himself-1537285). [elite Winchester boarding school](https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1687540/rishi-sunak-school-prime-minister-winchester-college-spt) before becoming an [investment banker](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/27/rishi-sunak-city-british-politics-investment-banker-prime-minister). [first 100 days in office](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11709113/Awkward-moment-Rishi-Sunak-asked-stinking-rich-Piers-Morgan-interview.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline), Piers Morgan, the former editor-in-chief of the left-leaning Daily Mirror, caught him off guard with a series of questions regarding virtues and vices. Sunak is easily one of the wealthiest MPs in the House of Commons, if not the wealthiest, also thanks to his heiress wife, Akshata Murty.

From his questions about his marriage to quizzing Mr Sunak on Boris Johnson - Piers Morgan didn't hold back with the Prime Minister on Talk TV.

He said: “I wouldn't be able to do this job without her love and support.” and found much more than they bargained for](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/police-pulled-lad-over-speeding-26138806.amp) [‘Our neighbourhood is now a drunken, drugged up 24-hour party place not fit for humans’](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/our-neighbourhood-now-drunken-drugged-26141012.amp) He said: “No look, it’s great that we’ve got former Prime Ministers and I speak to you know all former leaders actually. The broadcaster probed the Prime Minister on a range of topics, from striking nurses to his finances and even Harry and Meghan. Morgan asked Mr Sunak whether the Duke and Duchess of Sussex should be invited to the King’s coronation. That’s not a bad thing actually, they’ve got experience that they want to share.” His wife, Akshata Murty, has non-dom tax status and opposition parties have called for Mr Sunak to be more open about his financial affairs. When quizzed about his tax returns, Mr Sunak said: “They will be published shortly. As you know the tax filing deadline was just a few days ago. Below are the key topics discussed on the show. "For me… It took place on

Millionaire prime minister admits he's "financially fortunate" when quizzed by Piers Morgan.

“I’m not going to get into that,” Sunak responded. “What matters about that is not how much is in my bank account, what matters are my values and the actions that I take.” In an interview with the TalkTV host on Thursday, Sunak confirmed he was teetotal and never smoked or did drugs, before Morgan asked him then if he was “stinking rich”.

Theresa Villers has praised Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for being “willing to listen” to backbenchers, even as Downing Street remains engulfed in scand...

Polling released on Thursday to mark his 100-day milestone suggests that more than half of the public think that he is doing a bad job as Prime Minister. [Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi was fired as party chairman last weekend ](https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/nadhim-zahawi-sacked-rishi-sunak-tax-hmrc)over “a serious breach of the ministerial code” following an investigation into his tax affairs, and Gavin Williamson was forced to resign over bullying allegations before Christmas. Villiers said the Prime Minister’s time in office has marked a “welcome relief” and the “return of political stability” within the Tory party following last year’s turbulence that led to the ousting of former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss within months of one another.

UK News: LONDON: UK PM Rishi Sunak says that despite all the difficulties he knew he would face as PM, he took the role up because he felt it was his ...

. . Sunak said if that meant that “someone getting up early, working hard on top of things and trying to solve problems and giving everything they have got, then sure that is who I am. Sunak also recounted how he proposed to his wife Akshata Murty by bending down on one knee when they were alone walking along the cliffs in Half Moon Bay in California before staying in a fancy hotel they had dreamt of staying in as students.

Since 1979, economic policies have seen a “doom loop in GDP, and a parallel 'boom loop' in wealth”. The doom loop starts with the government claiming that it ...

[recalled](https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2020/10/06/sp100620-the-long-ascent-overcoming-the-crisis-and-building-a-more-resilient-economy) in 2020 that “the foundations for a more peaceful and prosperous world” were laid after the second world war. [quarter](https://twitter.com/Cmmonwealth/status/1620013147443847168?s=20&t=rzbL5VpjVqaydoAIqcxyig) of the wealth on the Sunday Times rich list is held by people in finance; a fifth by those in property. This flies in the face of evidence that infrastructure spending [pays](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/11/15/fatal-error-austerity/) for itself through extra economic growth. The [layoffs](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/05/amazon-to-axe-18000-jobs-citing-economic-uncertainty) in tech companies and deflating housing bubbles might be canaries in the global economy’s coalmine. Mr Tily’s analysis today is that the excessive imbalance towards wealth from labour distorts economic activity and sees too low wages putting goods and services out of reach of too many – while the extremely rich don’t spend. Riskier loans leads to the economy resembling a house of cards. It was their arguments that Labour deployed in 1945 so that the public debt of 250% of GDP did not stand in the way of transformative change. Earlier that day the Bank of England hiked interest rates, [causing](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/02/bank-of-england-raises-uk-interest-rates-to-4) more pain for hard-pressed households and businesses. [“massive”](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/feb/02/labour-tories-windfall-tax-shell-profits-energy-prices-strikes-uk-politics-live?page=with:block-63dc1d5f8f08ba2ef0b6fee0#block-63dc1d5f8f08ba2ef0b6fee0) pay rises for nurses. [report](https://www.tuc.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-02/doom%20_loop%20paper.pdf) by the Trades Union Congress makes clear this week. The doom loop starts with the government claiming that it has to “fix” the public finances, and proceeds by public spending cuts which then lead to lower demand and lower growth – with the cycle restarting. The boom loop produces the opposite effect for the rich.

The United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expressed his views on the Hindu concept of "dharma" during an interview with British TV presenter Piers ...

Sunak has often spoken about his Hindu faith giving him strength. Sunak said, "For me, it's about duty. The televised interview took place on the occasion of Sunak's 100th day as Britain's first Indian-origin prime minister.

The 42-year-old, who swore his oath of allegiance on being elected member of Parliament in the House of Commons on the 'Bhagavad Gita', has often spoken ...

In a recent interview, he referred to his wife Akshata, daughter of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, as his support system and admitted he was "fortunate" to have her as his partner. That’s what I am working day and night to do.” Morgan also asked him about his personal wealth and he repeated a previous commitment to publish his tax returns in the interest of “transparency”. “Even if it’s not popular, it’s the right thing for the country to stay the course to beat inflation,” he was quoted as saying by PTI. I believe deeply in service and thought I could make a difference for the country,” he was quoted as saying by PTI. Born in the UK to an NHS doctor father, Yashveer, and pharmacist mother, Usha, he has spoken of regularly visiting the temple with his family. He referred to it as his "dharma", reported PTI.

Rishi Sunak marked his 100 days in office this week, an event beloved of political journalists. And there was a video from 10 Downing Street to mark it. Rishi ...

But I think it’s more about just providing that absolute certainty that says this is at the top of our economic agenda, it’s not a side issue. But the longer you leave it, the harder you make it to get that investment. You know, they can talk about the fact that they already have subsidies for things like offshore wind and they’re going to roll them out to things like hydrogen and CCS. Jim, how much of this has got to come from the government, do you think? Basically look at what is net zero and what is the government trying to do and how ambitious is it, and recall that when Theresa May signed up to this, it was in the dying weeks of her premiership. I mean, I think that public patience and public support for the strikers is sort of different when you look at the different sectors. Yeah, but one of the interesting things about politics (inaudible) is I think Rishi and Keir have a lot in common — both very experienced outside of politics, not that experienced in politics. And I think part of the problem for him is the question mark about whether he actually is very good at politics in the sense of sort of whether he actually relishes the political part of the job of being prime minister. And I think it’s gonna be hard for him to maintain the advantages he had when he became leader. And it’s not a good idea in politics to make a promise that is going to turn you into a liar very quickly. On integrity, he’s got a hangover problem of all these people who are still in his government, who were also in the Truss and Johnson governments and who bring with them this awful baggage of sleaze in one way or another. It takes around 10 minutes to complete, and if you fill it out, you’ll have the chance to win a pair of Bose QuietComfort earbuds.