Rishi Sunak
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2022 to 2024
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| April 2025 | Craig Williams and 14 other individuals were charged with offences under the Gambling Act 2005 related to the election betting scandal. |
| January 2025 | Sunak became a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University and signed an exclusive contract with the Washington Speakers Bureau. |
| January 2025 | Sunak became a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. |
| January 2025 | Sunak became a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University and signed an exclusive speaking contract with the Washington Speakers Bureau. |
| 2024 | The Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill was ultimately abandoned after the government failed to introduce it to the House of Lords before the 2024 election. |
| 2024 | Sunak appointed new officeholders to replace the eleven cabinet ministers who lost their seats in the election, including Edward Argar as shadow justice secretary and Helen Whately as shadow transport secretary. |
| 2024 | Sunak later modified his stance, calling for a 'sustainable ceasefire' contingent on Israeli hostage return, cessation of attacks against Israel, and humanitarian aid access to Gaza. |
| 2024 | Won the newly formed Richmond and Northallerton constituency following boundary changes, with a majority of 23,059 (51.4%). |
| 2024 | Sunak criticized the International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Ahmad Khan's intention to seek war crimes charges against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling the move 'unhelpful'. |
| November 2024 | Succeeded as Conservative Party leader by Kemi Badenoch. |
| July 2024 | Calls a general election which results in a landslide loss to Keir Starmer's Labour Party, ending 14 years of Conservative government. |
| July 2024 | Becomes Leader of the Opposition after losing the general election. |
| July 2024 | Became Leader of the Opposition after the general election defeat. |
| July 8 2024 | Rishi Sunak formed his shadow cabinet immediately after becoming Leader of the Opposition following Starmer's succession as prime minister. |
| July 8 2024 | Sunak immediately became Leader of the Opposition after Starmer succeeded him as prime minister and formed his shadow cabinet, maintaining most of his previous cabinet members in corresponding shadow roles. |
| July 8 2024 | Immediately after losing the general election, Sunak formed his shadow cabinet as Leader of the Opposition, appointing key members like Jeremy Hunt as shadow chancellor and James Cleverly as shadow home secretary. |
| July 5 2024 | Following a Labour landslide victory that ends 14 years of Conservative government, Sunak concedes the election and announces his intention to resign as Conservative Party leader once a new leader is elected. He offers support to incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer. |
| July 4 2024 | Less than an hour before polls closed, Sunak's government announced the 2024 Dissolution Honours, awarding life peerages to 19 people, including former prime minister Theresa May and Cass Review author Hilary Cass. |
| June 2024 | The Office for National Statistics reported the economy grew by 0.7% between January and March, marking the largest quarterly growth since 2021, before ceasing growth in April. |
| June 25 2024 | The Conservative Party withdrew support for candidates Craig Williams and Laura Saunders due to the ongoing election betting investigation. |
| June 19 2024 | A police protection officer assigned to Sunak is arrested for betting on the election date. Laura Saunders, a Conservative candidate, is also investigated for election date betting. |
| June 12 2024 | Craig Williams, Sunak's parliamentary private secretary, is found to have placed a £100 bet on the election being in July, three days before the official announcement. The bet is referred to the Gambling Commission for investigation. |
| June 11 2024 | Sunak releases the Conservative Party manifesto 'Clear Plan. Bold Action. Secure Future.' covering wide-ranging policy areas including economy, taxes, welfare, childcare, education, healthcare, environment, energy, transport, and crime. |
| June 6 2024 | Sunak faces significant criticism for leaving D-Day commemoration events early to conduct an ITV interview, drawing condemnation from veterans. He subsequently apologizes multiple times over the following week. |
| May 24 2024 | The Post Office (Horizon Systems) Offences Act received royal assent and came into force immediately, becoming one of the last bills to become law before the 2024 general election. |
| May 24 2024 | Victims and Prisoners Bill passed into law as the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, just before Parliament was dissolved for the 2024 general election. |
| May 23 2024 | The Post Office (Horizon Systems) Offences Act was passed, which quashed all criminal convictions related to the Post Office scandal in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. |
| May 22 2024 | Rishi Sunak unexpectedly announces a general election for 4 July 2024, surprising his own MPs and citing improving economic conditions as the reason for the early call. |
| May 2 2024 | Conservatives suffered their worst local election results since 1996, losing another seat to Labour in the Blackpool South by-election and narrowly losing the West Midlands mayoral election, intensifying pressure on Sunak's leadership. |
| March 2024 | Conservatives recorded their lowest vote share in Ipsos polling since 1978 at 20%, 27 points behind Labour. |
| March 26 2024 | Sunak performed another mini-reshuffle involving multiple ministerial changes: Robert Halfon resigned as Minister of State for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education and was replaced by Luke Hall. James Heappey resigned as Minister of State for the Armed Forces and was replaced by Leo Docherty. Nus Ghani was appointed Minister of State for Europe in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Kevin Hollinrake was promoted to minister of state in the Department for Business and Trade. Alan Mak was promoted to parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business and Trade and the Cabinet Office. Jonathan Gullis and Angela Richardson were made deputy party chairs. |
| February 2024 | During Prime Minister's Questions, Rishi Sunak made a controversial remark about transgender rights, saying Keir Starmer's position was 'only 99% of a U-turn', which occurred on the same day that the mother of murdered transgender teenager Brianna Ghey was present in the Commons. |
| February 2024 | The DUP returned to Stormont after reaching a deal with Sunak's government, which aims to end the alignment of EU law in Northern Ireland and reduce trade checks between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. |
| February 2024 | Official figures confirmed the UK's economic recession at the end of 2023. |
| February 25 2024 | British government pledged £4.25 million in sexual and reproductive aid to Palestinian women, expected to reach approximately 1 in 5 women in Gaza. |
| February 24 2024 | Sunak and the US conducted a fourth round of airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, continuing their military response to regional maritime threats. |
| February 21 2024 | UK delivered humanitarian aid to northern Gaza via air-drops by Jordanian air force, marking the first such aid delivery to an area inaccessible by land or sea. |
| February 21 2024 | Sunak reaffirmed support for humanitarian pauses and eventual ceasefire in Gaza war, arguing an immediate ceasefire would not be successful. |
| February 15 2024 | Conservatives lost two additional seats in by-elections, continuing the trend of electoral challenges for Sunak's leadership. |
| February 3 2024 | The United Kingdom, in conjunction with the United States, launched a third round of strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. |
| January 23 2024 | Sunak suffered his first defeat in the House of Lords when peers voted against ratifying the U.K.–Rwanda treaty, a significant blow to his asylum plan. |
| January 22 2024 | Sunak and Biden launched a second round of airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, with Sunak warning the Houthis to cease attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. |
| January 17 2024 | The Safety of Rwanda Bill passed its third reading, with Sunak resisting attempts by Conservative MPs to 'toughen up' the bill. |
| January 12 2024 | Rishi Sunak and US President Joe Biden jointly authorized missile strikes against Houthi militias in Yemen in response to attacks on British and American naval assets during Operation Prosperity Guardian. The strikes reportedly killed five Houthi fighters and injured six others. |
| January 12 2024 | Sunak visited Ukraine to sign a new U.K.-Ukraine Agreement on Security Cooperation, promising £2.5 billion in military aid, including long-range missiles, artillery ammunition, air defence, and maritime security, along with £200 million for military drones, making the UK the largest drone supplier to Ukraine. |
| January 10 2024 | Rishi Sunak faced a minor rebellion in the House of Commons over the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill, with eight Conservative MPs voting against the party line. The bill, widely seen as an 'anti-BDS bill' targeting potential sanctions on Israel, passed its third reading despite criticism of its 'draconian' measures. |
| January 10 2024 | Sunak announced new government legislation to address the British Post Office scandal, proposing to quash wrongful convictions and provide compensation to those affected by the Horizon computer system errors. |
| 2023 | Announced a progressive plan to raise the legal age for cigarette purchases by one year annually, with the ultimate goal of making cigarette purchasing entirely illegal. |
| 2023 | Proposed making mathematics compulsory in schools until the age of 18, with plans to merge A-levels and T-levels into a new Advanced British Standard qualification, expected to be implemented in approximately ten years. |
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