A Tory chancellor is not, traditionally, an object of lust – certainly not for the left-leaning women I hang out with. It was Instagram that made me realise I wasn’t alone. But compare Sunak to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who performed his one-off evening briefing sounding like an automaton programmed for “Crisis Mode”. Within weeks he found himself tackling the greatest challenge to … Sunak, the MP for Richmond in North Yorkshire is among the three Indian-origin faces in Johnson’s cabinet. Swotty Sunak reminds you of the medic you had a crush on in the first term of your first year: smart, focused and earnest, bright eyes twinkling with sincerity, the good cop to the bad cop of the boy you inevitably went out with (never called; got off with your friend in a sweaty basement club; told you you were “overreacting”). Sunak’s response to the stranglehold of coronavirus has been to spend, spend, spend – not very Conservative – and promise ambitious safety nets for those in need. He comes across as relatively egoless, plain-speaking but eloquent. And thus, an informal WhatsApp fan club was born. He is married to Akshata Murthy – the daughter of an Indian billionaire – with whom he shares a £10 million property portfolio across the US and UK.
In July 2019 I was appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury, having entered Government service as the Minister for Local Government in January 2018. She … He’s now estimated to be one of the richest sitting MPs, with a fortune of around £200 million. The measures are not perfect, but it’s a novelty to have a Tory chancellor who feels like he’s in your corner. It helps, of course, that he found the magic money tree. Akshata Murty with Her Husband and Daughters. The couple have two daughters, Krishna and Anoushka. Rishi Sunak, 40, tied the knot with Akshata Murthy in 2009, in a two-day wedding in Bangalore, after the pair met at Stanford University.. His rise was not artless – no one becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer by mistake. But when Dishy Rishi takes his turn at the podium, no one is booing. Akshata stands at a height of 5 feet 4 inches. “I dunno what it is,” one swooned. In February 2020, I had the honour to be appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was promoted, unexpectedly, from chief secretary to the Treasury to chancellor on 13 February after Sajid Javid resigned (just in time for Valentine’s Day). Rishi Sunak's star has been rising steadily since he became chancellor in February. On paper, Chancellor of the Exchequer is one of the least fanciable of all cabinet positions. In July 2019 I was appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury, having entered Government service as the Minister for Local Government in January 2018. Sunak has often been called the ‘picture-perfect PIO’ (Person of Indian origin). Akshata stands at a height of 5 feet 4 inches. Not to mention (at least) one very active WhatsApp fan club. One can forgive Matt Hancock for looking a bit like a deflated crisp packet at this stage: the health secretary is back at work, having succumbed to the virus (and lost half a stone, he revealed, in the process).