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Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech at a college in north London, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. (Daniel Leal/Pool Photo via AP)

Britain’s Conservative government to start cutting taxes ahead of likely election next year

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

FILE - Conservative party leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt takes delivers his speech during a Conservative leadership hustings at ExCel Centre in London, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. UK leader Liz Truss has appointed former Cabinet minister Jeremy Hunt as new Treasury chief, replacing sacked Kwasi Kwarteng. Hunt is a government veteran who has served as former foreign secretary and health secretary, and ran unsuccessfully to lead the Conservative Party in 2019. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

U.K. Treasury chief in position of power as PM Truss struggles

By Sylvia Hui - Associated Press

Jeremy Hunt leaves 10 Downing Street in London after he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer following the resignation of Kwasi Kwarteng, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng said he has accepted Prime Minister Liz Truss' request he &quot;stand aside&quot; as Chancellor, paying the price for the chaos unleashed by his mini-budget. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

U.K. Treasury chief scraps nearly all government tax cut plans

By Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka - Associated Press

A police officer stands guard outside the Prime Minister's residence of 10 Downing Street in London, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Boris Johnson will replace Theresa May as Britain's Prime Minister later Wednesday, following her resignation last month after Parliament repeatedly rejected the Brexit withdrawal agreement she struck with the European Union. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

The Latest: Australia hopes to sign trade deal with Johnson

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Conservative Party leadership contender Boris Johnson, right, leaves his office in London, Monday July 22, 2019. Voting closes Monday in the ballot to elect Britain's next prime minister, from the two contenders Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson, as critics of likely winner Boris Johnson condemned his vow to take Britain out of the European Union with or without a Brexit deal.(Kirsty O'Connor/PA via AP)

The Latest: New Zealand set to talk free trade with Johnson

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Conservative party leadership contender Boris Johnson, is shadowed by a Brexit demonstrator, as he arrives at his office in central London, Tuesday July 23, 2019. Britain’s governing Conservative Party is set to reveal the name of the country’s next prime minister later Tuesday, with Brexit champion Boris Johnson widely considered to be favourite to get the job against fellow contender Jeremy Hunt. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

Boris Johnson tipped to win as U.K. Tories reveal new leader

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

A speedboat and a helicopter of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard move around a British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero which was seized on Friday by the Guard, in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, Sunday, July 21, 2019. Iranian officials say the seizure of the British oil tanker was a justified response to Britain's role in impounding an Iranian supertanker two weeks earlier off the coast of Gibraltar, a British territory located on the southern tip of Spain. (Hasan Shirvani/Mizan News Agency via AP)

The Latest: Iran’s FM says UK ship was traveling unsafely

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In this photo issued by ITV, showing Britain's Conservative Party leadership candidates Boris Johnson, left, and Jeremy Hunt, during a live head-to-head TV debate hosted by ITV at their studios in Salford, England, Tuesday July 9, 2019. The two contenders, Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson are competing for votes from party members, with the winner replacing Prime Minister Theresa May as party leader and Prime Minister of Britain's ruling Conservative Party. (Matt Frost/ITV via AP)

AP FACT CHECK: UK leadership contenders make wild promises

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Britain's Conservative Party leadership candidate Boris Johnson, right, is greeted by a supporter during a campaign stop at the port of Dover, southeast England, Thursday July 11, 2019. The two contenders, Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson are competing for votes from party members, with the winner replacing Prime Minister Theresa May as party leader and Prime Minister of Britain's ruling Conservative Party. (Chris Ratcliffe/Pool via AP)

Brexit, domestic drama and Trump drive UK leadership race

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

In this Friday, Oct. 20, 2017 photo, British Ambassador Kim Darroch hosts a National Economists Club event at the British Embassy in Washington. Leaked diplomatic cables published Sunday, July 7,2 019, in a British newspaper reveal that Britain's ambassador to the United States described President Donald Trump's administration as &quot;clumsy and inept&quot; while grappling with international problems. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Jeremy Hunt defends Theresa May, Kim Darroch amid leaked memo scandal

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Oct. 20, 2017, file photo, British Ambassador Kim Darroch hosts a National Economists Club event at the British Embassy in Washington. Leaked diplomatic cables published Sunday, July 7, 2019, in a British newspaper reveal that Britain's ambassador to the United States described President Donald Trump's administration as &quot;clumsy and inept&quot; while grappling with international problems. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

UK considering if foreign adversary had role in leaking diplomatic cables critical of Trump

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Conservative party leadership contender Boris Johnson on stage during a leadership hustings in Perth, Scotland, Friday July 5, 2019. The two contenders, Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson are competing for votes from party members, with the winner replacing Prime Minister Theresa May as party leader and Prime Minister of Britain's ruling Conservative Party. (Jane Barlow/Pool via AP)

UK Conservatives face ballot glitch in contest for new PM

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Conservative Party leadership contender Boris Johnson speaks during a party leadership hustings in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, July 2, 2019. Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, who are competing for the Conservative Party leadership, have both vowed to use a fiscal cushion built up by the government to soften the economic blow from a potentially disruptive Brexit. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, Pool)

UK Tory contenders vow to scrap Irish border Brexit policy

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Britain's Conservative Party leadership contender Boris Johnson during a visit to Portsmouth, England, Thursday June 27, 2019. The two contenders, Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson, face election by party members of Britain's Conservative Party with the winner due to replace Prime Minister Theresa May as party leader and prime minister. (Andrew Matthews/Pool via AP)

U.K. elections, referendums only exacerbate divisions, confusion

By Benjamin Plackett - Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this two photo file combo image, Jeremy Hunt, left, and Boris Johnson, right, who are the final two contenders for leadership of the Conservative Party, Thursday June 20, 2019. Following elimination votes Britain's Conservative Party members will vote for the final two contenders with the winner due to replace Prime Minister Theresa May as party leader and prime minister. (AP Photo FILE/Matt Dunham, Frank Augstein)

UK Treasury chief warns Tory contenders on spending promises

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Conservative party leadership candidate Boris Johnson gestures, during the first party hustings at the ICC in Birmingham, England, Saturday June 22, 2019. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

2 finalists in UK leadership race make pitch to Tory members

By SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, April 2, 2019, Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt arrives for a Cabinet meeting in 10 Downing Street, London. Hunt, is named Thursday June 20. 2019, as a contender to become leader of Britain's Conservative Party and the country's next prime minister, vying against Boris Johnson for the post, and Hunt pledges to put “heart &amp;soul’’ into giving Boris Johnson “the contest of his life.’’ (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, FILE)

Hunt pledges to put ‘heart & soul’ into Tory race

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

A police officer stands guard outside the door of 10 Downing Street in London, Friday, June 7, 2019. Prime Minister Theresa May is stepping down as Britain's Conservative party leader later Friday, defeated by her failure to take Britain out of the European Union on schedule. She will remain as prime minister for a few weeks while the party picks a successor. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

10 candidates running in Brexit-dominated U.K. leadership race

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

File -- In this Tuesday, April 25, 2017 photo German Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets participate in NATO's Baltic Air Policing Mission operate in Lithuanian airspace during an air force exercise. Britain's top diplomat is demanding that Germany relax its ban on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because they are affecting UK sales of weapons to the oil-rich kingdom. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, file)

Britain urges Germany to ease curbs on arms sales to Saudi

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

UK’s Hunt says Brexit talks in ‘crucial final period’

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