Liz Truss becomes the 16th prime minister to have served the UK during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. The Conservative Party leader officially became the country's prime minister after meeting the monarch in what is known as the 'kissing hands' ceremony. It is ceremony da...
Gordon Brown is a Scottish-born British Labour Party politician who served as chancellor of the Exchequer (1997–2007) and prime minister of the United Kingdom (2007–10). At the time of his elevation to prime minister, he had been the longest continuous
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's government. He resigned from that position in 2018, however, in protest at May's approach to Brexit. Some ministers have already said they would resign is Johnson became prime minister,including Finance Minister Philip Hammond. Johnson is likely to replace the current top team of ministers....
With May’s premiership being dogged by leaks and cabinet in-fighting, she pointed to the need for a future return of collective ministerial responsibility, the convention whereby ministers support the government’s line in public. “Good cabinet government depends on collective respon...
The prime minister will call on Europe to "step up and shoulder more of the burden" to fend off the threat posed by Vladimir Putin's Russia. Sir Keir, the first prime minister to meet all the leaders of the 27 EU nations in Brussels since Brexit, will argue the bloc needs t...
Eight Prime Ministers in UK history have had terms shorter than one year In October 2022, Liz Truss became the shortest-serving PM, with just 44 days in the role UK Prime Ministers with the Shortest Term Length After six weeks that many have described as “chaotic”, UK Prime Minister Liz...
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More than 30 world leaders, 27 British prime ministers, 50 Nobelists and 120 Olympic medallists were educated at Oxford. Stephen Hawking, Hugh Grant and Indira Gandhi are some of its famous graduates. Undergraduates and postgraduates belong to one of its 44 colleges and often live in the colleg...
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