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UK PM May warns lawmakers: back my deal or face long Brexit delay

Mar 16 2019

LONDON Prime Minister Theresa May's warned lawmakers that unless they approved her Brexit divorce deal after two crushing defeats, Britain's exit from the European Union could face a long delay and could involve taking part in European parliament elections.

May could win backing of Northern Irish kingmakers in third Brexit vote - report

Mar 16 2019

LONDON Prime Minister Theresa May's hopes of getting a Brexit divorce deal through parliament were given a boost on Saturday after a report that the Northern Irish party propping up her government might move towards backing her deal.

UK Conservative lawmaker Boles quits local party over Brexit

Mar 16 2019

LONDON A senior lawmaker from Britain's governing Conservatives quit his local party on Saturday due to disagreements over Brexit, as the decision to leave the European Union continues to reshape loyalties in the country's politics.

Reporting Brexit: Racing to break news in Britain's ancient parliament

Mar 12 2019

LONDON The world's press packed in a gallery in the British House of Commons neo-gothic debating chamber late on Tuesday, watching out for clues of the outcome of a vote that would shake markets and deepen the Brexit turmoil.

UK PM May calls knife-crime meeting amid row over police funding

Mar 06 2019

LONDON Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday she will hold a special meeting on tackling Britain's soaring knife-crime rate as she battles accusations that her government's austerity policies are partly to blame.

UK PM May calls knife-crime meeting amid row over police funding

Mar 06 2019

LONDON Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday she will hold a summit on how to tackle Britain's soaring knife-crime rate as she battles accusations that her government austerity policies are partly to blame.

British PM under pressure over stabbings, police boss blames lower staff

Mar 05 2019

LONDON Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May came under pressure to increase police spending on Tuesday after a backlash over government handling of rising knife crime and her denial that funding squeezes were a cause.

Two more teenagers killed as knife murders in Britain soar

Mar 04 2019

LONDON Two teenagers were killed in knife attacks in Britain over the weekend, bringing the number of people killed in stabbings this year to at least 24 and pushing the bloodshed to the forefront of national concern.

Brexit 'betrayal' would explode British politics, Farage's party warns

Feb 27 2019

LONDON A new party backed by Nigel Farage, the insurgent who helped shove Britain towards the EU exit, has a message for the country's leaders: The foundations of the political system will explode if Brexit is betrayed.

Head of Conservative eurosceptics softens on May's Brexit plan

Feb 27 2019

LONDON The leader of a pro-Brexit faction in British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party on Wednesday scaled back his opposition to her deal for leaving the European Union ahead of a vote on the agreement next month. Jacob Rees-Mogg said he would no longer insist that the so-called Northern Irish backstop be removed as a condition for his support and other legal ways might ensure it was not permanent.

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