Microsoft has recruited Rishi Sunak , with the former prime minister told he must not lobby the Government on the firm’s behalf.

Mr Sunak has joined the American tech giant as a part-time senior adviser, to give company leaders “high-level strategic perspectives on macro-economic and geopolitical trends and how they intersect with innovation, regulation and digital transformation”, and to speak at events.

He will not be advising on UK policy matters, according to an Acoba (Advisory Committee on Business Appointments) report, and will donate his salary to his and his wife Akshata Murty’s numeracy skills charity The Richmond Project.

Mr Sunak was prime minister between October 2022 and July 2024.

It was thought last year he could be eyeing a job in Silicon Valley, California, af

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