Sunak is born in Southampton to parents of Indian descent who migrated to Britain from East Africa. Earlier in April, reports of Akshata's non-domicile status and alleged tax evasion had created a furor in UK. Sunak had said his wife has been paying all taxes.
After Liz Truss stepped down as PM of the United Kingdom on October 20, former chancellor Rishi Sunak becomes the first Indian-origin person to lead UK.
Former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak on Monday became the Conservative Party leader, less than two months after he lost to Liz Truss in the Tory leadership race and is set to become the first Asian-origin UK Prime Minister.
Boris Johnson loyalist, Priti Patel on Monday supported Rishi Sunak's candidature to become new UK PM, paving way for first Indian origin and Hindu to become Prime Minister of UK.
London [UK], October 24 (ANI): Britain's former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday praised the leadership of former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson as the latter pulled out of the Conservative Party leadership race.
London [UK], October 24 (ANI): The United Kingdom is all set to have its first Prime Minister of Indian origin, Rishi Sunak, as former PM Boris Johnson dropped out of the race, according to UK media reports.
London [UK], October 24 (ANI): Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson ruled himself out of the Conservative party leadership race despite claiming he had the required support , media reports said.