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New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds a press conference, following his first cabinet meeting at Downing Street. (Photo by Claudia Greco-WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Labour landslide: But Keir Starmer’s UK win is overshadowed by huge challenges

Labour faces the electorate’s expectations of transformative change amid economic hardship, with the populist Reform Party snapping at its heels

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. (Photo by Frank Augstein – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Pressure on Sunak is building after the UK local elections

The Tories are comforting themselves for their loss by arguing that historically every government during the mid-term suffers losses in local elections

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine

UK’s Sunak exposes his naivety on foreign policy

This was evident in the British prime minister’s speech at the lord mayor’s banquet, which customarily focuses on foreign policy

: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holds a press conference after meeting with US President Joe Biden and a phone call to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on November 16, 2022 in Nusa Dua, Photo: Getty Images

Sino-UK relations sour further after the G20 summit

‘The China threat’ provides Sunak with a way to divert attention from his domestic problems but he needs to tread carefully

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned on Thursday. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Did Liz Truss mislead the public about her husband’s secretive work?

As the prime minister fights to remain in power, deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner demands she come clean over her interests

New UK prime minister Liz Truss gives her first speech at Downing Street on September 6, 2022 in London, England. The new prime minister assumes her role at Number 10 Downing Street after defeating fellow Conservative Rishi Sunak in the contest for party leader. (Carl Court/Getty Images)

Liz Truss: New UK prime minister’s links to right-wing think tanks

MP says Truss could be a ‘puppet’ for ‘dark money’ groups that have already generated a dozen of her policies

UK Prime Ministwr Boris Johnson. (Photo by Tolga Akmen – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

How Boris Johnson rigged British politics for the Tories

Johnson’s brief premiership has been a relentless assault on the UK’s freedoms – to organise, to protest, to vote

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss arrives to attend a Tory Leadership hustings event on July 21, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Truss is the Tory Corbyn: How the Conservative Party will destroy itself

Liz Truss has the support of 62% of the Conservative Party members who anoint the next prime minister

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson answers questions during a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic, in Downing Street on November 5, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Leon Neal – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

UK PM braced for Tory no-confidence vote

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson expressed defiance on Monday ahead of a no-confidence vote among Conservative MPs, after dozens rebelled over a string of scandals that have…

The harrying of Kathleen Stock

The bitterly polarised controversy over the status of transgender people has spawned attacks on freedom of thought and speech at British and South African universities

Britain’s new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. (Peter Summers/ Getty Images)

Boris Johnson wins race to become Britain’s next PM

The former London mayor easily beat his rival, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, in a poll conducted among members of the governing Conservative Party.

British Prime Minister Boris gave no exact figure and critics claim the scheme’s launch was rushed to divert attention from public outrage over his most senior aide’s breach of lockdown restrictions. (Yves Herman/Reuters)

UK PM frontrunner dragged to court for lying

Boris Johnson – who is running to replace Theresa May – faces court hearing for Brexit ‘lies’

British Prime Minister Theresa May will stand down as Conservative Party leader on June 7 and the competition to replace her will formally begin the following week — though in reality, it has been underway for some time. (Reuters/Toby Melville)
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Here’s where it all went wrong for Theresa May

Theresa May’s resilience has been remarkable. But it is also finite

John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons. (Reuters/Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva)
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The man holding the Brexit cards: Speaker John Bercow

Speaker John Bercow is best known for presiding over debates, bellowing "Order! Order!" at unruly lawmakers and chastising ministers who displease him

British Prime Minister Theresa May (R) and European Union Council President Donald Tusk during the extraordinary EU leaders summit to finalise and formalise the Brexit agreement in Brussels, Belgium. (Olivier Hoslet/Pool via Reuters)

EU leaders approve Brexit deal with UK

European leaders formally endorse Brexit deal, paving the way for British parliamentary vote next month

The tour, which will also take her to Kenya, is part of a campaign to promote Britain’s global ambitions after Brexit. (AFP)

May calls for June election ahead of Brexit talks

Britain started the formal process of leaving the EU last month, but the negotiations are not due to begin for weeks.

If you’re taller than most, researchers say you’ll vote more conservatively

American researchers say studies confirm that the ‘taller the person is, the more likely they are to support conservative political positions.’

David Cameron and Boris Johnson.

Cameron can bail out if EU ‘schmooze-athon’ fails

In his first Parliament speech in seven years Boris Johnson set himself as potential leader of the Tories’ "No" campaign.

Britain prepares to vote in election cliffhanger

Britons head to the polls for an unpredictable election that could usher in a fragmented government and even force another election this year.

On message: David Cameron says the Conservative Party has pulled Britain back from the brink over the past five years.

Cameron: It’s me or chaos

As the Conservatives lag at the polls, the UK prime minister warns of economic doom if Labour wins.