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European Union and United Kingdom flags fly above the EU Commission offices in London. (Photo: AP)

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Voting begins in key UK poll to define future of Brexit

Up for grabs are all 650 seats in the British parliament, which has been deadlocked since the 2016 referendum on EU...

12 Dec 2019 1:21 PM IST

Prime Minister Theresa May says she Britain will consider extending the transition period after Brexit for a few months. (Photo: AFP)

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British government to put forward Brexit bill in first week of June

Statement came after talks between May and Oppn Labour leader Corbyn on a possible compromise that would end a deadlock...

16 May 2019 1:48 PM IST

The vote was taken following 11 days of protests organised by climate activists Extinction Rebellion that brought several London sites to a standstill. (Photo: AFP | File)

World

UK becomes first Parliament to declare climate emergency

Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said he hoped the vote 'will trigger a wave of action from parliaments and governments around...

2 May 2019 8:17 AM IST

World

Who will choose the next UK leader? Mostly older white men

Next leader will be chosen by about 160,000 members of governing Conservative Party in runoff between 2 candidates:...

22 Jun 2019 10:17 AM IST

Gove said he hoped that the disclosure would not prevent him being appointed the next prime minister. (Photo: AP)

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UK PM candidate Michael Gove admits taking cocaine on several...

Gove said that he had taken the drug at social gatherings when he was a young journalist.

8 Jun 2019 12:46 PM IST

Anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller (Photo: AP)

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Indian-origin pro-EU campaigner ready for new court battle to prevent...

She said the process of leaving the EU must be 'down to Parliament, not third parties going through the courts'.

15 July 2019 1:23 PM IST

Prime Minister Boris Johnsons Conservative Party lost a by-election in Wales, cutting his parliamentary majority to just one. (Photo: AFP)

Opinion

Will UK Parliament suspension split the Tories?

Britain, unlike India, the United States or other democracies has no written constitution.

31 Aug 2019 12:10 AM IST

World

Johnson will be held to account on Wednesday: Labour's Corbyn

Earlier on Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled that Johnson's decision to suspend parliament was unlawful.

25 Sept 2019 3:07 PM IST

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said that the attack bore all the hallmarks of an attack by the Syrian regime. (Photo: AP)

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'Unlawful,' says UK Supreme Court on Parliament suspension by Boris...

'The court is bound to conclude... that the decision to advise Her Majesty to prorogue parliament was unlawful,' the...

24 Sept 2019 3:37 PM IST

$Ive just done my first-ever plastic-free shop, said May Stirling, who travelled 60 kilometres (35 miles) from the village of Ramsbury to Oxford for the university citys \unpackaging\ event at the local Waitrose supermarket. (Photo: ANI)$ World

Fruits, not toilet paper, likely to be in short supply in UK after...

The government has demanded that supermarkets prepare for a potentially chaotic no-deal Brexit by stockpiling food.

13 Sept 2019 8:56 AM IST

Britains new Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a statement in the House of Commons in London on Thursday. (Photo: AFP)

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Didn't lie to Queen over Parliament suspension: UK PM Boris Johnson

The power to prorogue the UK Parliament lies with the British monarch, who conventionally acts on the advice of the...

13 Sept 2019 8:51 AM IST

We plan to start the process before Christmas and will do so in the proper constitutional way in discussion with the speaker (of the House of Commons), Johnsons spokesman told reporters. (Photo: File)

World

'Would not request an extension to Brexit,' says British PM Boris...

For the second time in a week, lawmakers then rejected Johnson's request to try to break the deadlock through an early...

10 Sept 2019 9:47 AM IST