Rishi sunak

Johnson chose ‘Britain’s most diverse Cabinet’ shortly after being appointed by the Queen as Britain’s new prime minister in July last year. read more

Rishi Sunak has replaced Sajid Javid as Britain’s Chancellor of Exchequer in PM Boris Johnson’s cabinet reshuffle. read more

Members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords take an oath of allegiance to the crown. There is no set list of sacred texts MPs may use. read more

The election of 15 MPs of Indian extraction is a new record for the 1.5 million-strong community: they include seven each from Conservative and Labour parties; and for the first time, one from the Liberal Democrats. read more

The 2017 election saw a record 12 Indian-origin MPs elected (seven Labour and five Conservative), but with the Conservative Party nominating candidates from the community in two of its strongholds, the number is likely to rise to at least 14. read more

The declared support by Conservative MPs to the 10 contenders is being carefully monitored to indicate their level of support among the 318 party MPs, who will vote in the first phase of the two-phase election. read more

Parliamentary records show that two Conservative Indian origin MPs, Alok Sharma and Rishi Sunak (son-in-law of Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy), voted in favour of the May’s Brexit deal. read more