Parliament in London on July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) The U.K. has its first change in government in 14 years after the Labour Party won a landslide victory early Friday in a general election that saw the Conservative Party suffer its biggest defeat ever. The new government ...
As a result, the Rwanda bill bounced back and forth between the two houses of Parliament, with the Lords repeatedly offering amendments only for them to be rejected by the Commons, which then sent the legislation back to the upper house. Critics of the government’s policy refused to be dra...
LONDON, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Speaker of Britain's House of Commons John Bercow said Monday there must be zero tolerance of sexual harassment by politicians. Bercow made a statement ahead of a major debate following growing allegations that female staff in the Houses of Parliament had been...
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26 Nov 2015 Gary Gibbon Has Osborne’s Autumn Statement moved him to left of Vince Cable? Mr Osborne’s newly announced plans to scale back cuts and raise taxes brings him in line with policy positions promoted by his Lib Dem coalition partners during the last parliament. Show more Abou...
“The UK Government is not aware of any examples of an Overseas Territory defaulting on its debt to international creditors,” Minister of State Amanda Milling said. During the British Parliament’s session on March 30th, Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell asked the Secretary of State for Foreign, ...
Reform UK's Nigel Farage wins a seat in parliament Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, during a news conference in London, UK, on Monday, June 3, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Populist politician Nigel Farage has won his first-ever seat in British parliament, after seven prior...
British Prime Minister Theresa May has three sitting days to return to parliament with a "Plan B". Britain is due to leave the EU on March 29. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tabled a motion of no confidence in the government following the defeat. The motion will be debated in the House of...
LONDON (AP) — The simmering showdown between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Britain's Parliament over Brexit came to a head as lawmakers delivered three defeats to the government's plans for leaving the European Union, before being sent home early Tue