UK Election
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How Boris Johnson became Britain’s most powerful prime minister since Tony Blair
- UK
- December 28, 2019, 06:00
When Boris Johnson returned to Westminster in triumph after the general election, he was cheered into the Commons chamber by his 365 Conservative MPs,(...)

Stephen Collins: UK election shows a Border poll is not a priority
- Opinion
- December 20, 2019, 06:00
The results of the Westminster election in Northern Ireland provoked a predictable chorus from commentators claiming it was a vote for a united Irelan(...)

MPs to vote on revised version of withdrawal agreement bill
- UK
- December 19, 2019, 22:30
MPs will vote on Friday on a revised version of the withdrawal agreement bill that strips out guarantees on workers’ rights and removes any role for p(...)

The consequences of last week’s general election on the shape of the House of Commons are most visible on the government benches, which can no longer (...)

Queen’s Speech focuses on NHS funding and terrorist sentencing
- UK
- December 19, 2019, 13:17
Boris Johnson has put new laws promising higher NHS funding and longer sentencing for terrorists at the heart of his Queen’s Speech, after winning a m(...)

Jeremy Corbyn blames himself, Brexit and the media for Labour defeat
- UK
- December 18, 2019, 09:59
Jeremy Corbyn has faced furious MPs at a fractious meeting of the parliamentary Labour Party in Westminster in which he told them he took “responsibil(...)

British Labour faces critical choice on Corbyn’s successor
- Opinion
- December 18, 2019
The battle for Labour isn’t just over the future of the left. It’s much deeper than that. It is about securing a functioning opposition in Britain. F(...)

Johnson tells MPs he will end Brexit ‘deadlock’
- UK
- December 17, 2019, 20:43
Boris Johnson has told MPs that he will end years of “deadlock, division and delay” over Brexit and find common ground to deal with other issues facin(...)

EU views Boris Johnson’s fighting talk on Brexit as more bluster
- UK
- December 17, 2019, 19:40
As MPs piled into the House of Commons chamber for Lindsay Hoyle’s election as speaker, the swell of Conservatives soon overwhelmed the government’s g(...)

Markets take fright as Boris Johnson opens door to hard Brexit
- Markets
- December 17, 2019, 12:23
Boris Johnson spooked markets by putting the threat of a no-deal Brexit back on the table. His plan to change the law to ensure the transition phase i(...)