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latest news & developmentsLabour 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
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’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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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.
UK PM frontrunner dragged to court for lying
Boris Johnson – who is running to replace Theresa May – faces court hearing for Brexit ‘lies’
Here’s where it all went wrong for Theresa May
Theresa May’s resilience has been remarkable. But it is also finite
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
EU leaders approve Brexit deal with UK
European leaders formally endorse Brexit deal, paving the way for British parliamentary vote next month