Tory troubles: A brief timeline of UK political upheavals
October 21, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — It is a British cliché that a week is a long time in politics. Liz Truss proved it true on Thursday when she became the shortest-serving British prime minister in history. In a matter of days, her U-turn on economic plans that made global markets jittery and the resignations of key ministers prompted calls from within Truss' party for her to step down.
New UK Cabinet is diverse in makeup and solidly on the right
September 7, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — Liz Truss’s new Cabinet is Britain’s most diverse ever, with women serving as prime minister and deputy prime minister and Black and South Asian politicians filling many of the top jobs.
UK Boris Johnson’s ups and downs: key events in his career
June 7, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — A timeline of key events related to Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson
2001-2008: Sits in the House of Commons representing the constituency of Henley. During his tenure Johnson twice serves as the Conservative spokesman on business, innovation and skills while the party is out of government.
Today in History: May 11, Adolf Eichmann captured
May 11, 2022 GMTToday in History
Today is Wednesday, May 11, the 131st day of 2022. There are 234 days left in the year.
UK fraud investigators step up inquiry into Liberty Steel
April 27, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — British fraud investigators have raided the U.K. offices of the GFG Alliance, owners of the country’s third-largest steelmaker, as part of an investigation into possible fraud and money laundering related to financing from a now-bankrupt lender with ties to former Prime Minister David Cameron.
Report: Ex-UK leader Cameron made $10M from collapsed firm
August 10, 2021 GMTLONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister David Cameron is reported to have made $10 million from a financial services company that he lobbied for before it collapsed earlier this year, according to a TV news program.
Ex-UK PM Cameron grilled over links to bankrupt finance firm
May 13, 2021 GMTLONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday he never suspected that a financial services company he lobbied for would go under, threatening thousands of jobs at a steel firm it helped finance.
UK’s Johnson faces questions over home refurbishment funding
April 24, 2021 GMTLONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced questions Saturday over the costly refurbishment of his apartment on London's Downing Street following a series of incendiary allegations made by his former top adviser...
Opposition accuses UK govt of sleaze amid lobbying scandal
April 14, 2021 GMTLONDON (AP) — A lobbying scandal swirling around former British Prime Minister David Cameron has deepened, with claims that a senior civil servant held down a part-time job with a now-bankrupt financial firm that was awarded lucrative government contracts...
UK lobbying scandal snares ex-PM Cameron; govt starts probe
April 12, 2021 GMTLONDON (AP) — The controversy over former British Prime Minister David Cameron’s lobbying on behalf of a now-bankrupt financial services firm deepened Monday as the government launched an investigation that opponents immediately labeled a “cover-up...
UK’s chief mouser celebrates 10 years on the prowl
February 15, 2021 GMTLONDON (AP) — Larry the cat, a four-legged inhabitant of London’s 10 Downing St., is marking a decade as Britain’s mouse-catcher in chief on Monday...
Timeline of events in Britain’s exit from the European Union
December 24, 2020 GMTLONDON (AP) — A timeline of key events related to Britain’s decision to leave the European Union:...
UK-China ties freeze with debate over Huawei, Hong Kong
July 13, 2020 GMTLONDON (AP) — Only five years ago, then-British Prime Minister David Cameron was celebrating a “golden era” in U...
The Latest: UK vote a disaster for left-wing Labour Party
December 13, 2019 GMTLONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain's Brexit general election (all times local):
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Veteran Labour Party left-wing firebrand Dennis Skinner has lost his seat in the British election, one of many Labour lawmakers ousted by a Conservative challenger in Boris Johnson’s landslide victory...
Early elections in UK have mixed fortunes for key parties
October 29, 2019 GMTLONDON (AP) — After more than three years of Brexit stasis, stalemate, gridlock and increasingly toxic divide since the United Kingdom narrowly voted to leave the European Union, Full Coverage: Brexit
Ex-PM David Cameron ‘sorry’ for creating Brexit divisions
September 14, 2019 GMTLONDON (AP) — The British prime minister who called the 2016 Brexit referendum and then saw the public vote to leave the European Union, creating the nation's prolonged political crisis, says he is sorry for the divisions it has caused...
Timeline of Brexit and events leading to May’s departure
June 7, 2019 GMTLONDON (AP) — A timeline of key events in how Brexit unfolded and how the political crisis led up to Theresa May's LONDON (AP) — A timeline of key events in how Brexit unfolded and how the political crisis led up to Theresa May's LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain's departure from the European Union (all times local): LONDON (AP) — Theresa May is set to join the ranks of Conservative prime ministers whose time in office has been overwhelmed — and cut short — by the issue of Europe. LONDON (AP) — A timeline of key events related to Britain's decision to leave the European Union:... LONDON (AP) — She is a quiet, determined vicar's daughter who rose to the heights of British political power by outmaneuvering better known, more outspoken men... RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Former British Prime Minister David Cameron drew a crowd when he visited the Black Hills... LONDON (AP) — Delivering the latest jolt in Britain's year of political shocks, Prime Minister Theresa May called Tuesday for a snap June 8 general election, seeking to strengthen her hand in European Union exit talks and tighten her grip on a fractious Conservative Party... PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former British Prime Minister David Cameron jokes he doesn't have to listen to U... LONDON (AP) — Britain's Parliament has told Prime Minister Theresa May she can file for divorce from the European Union... LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain's historic vote to leave the European Union (all times local):... WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's renewed push to close the Guantanamo Bay prison for terrorism suspects has given a glimmer of hope to foreign governments that he will fulfill that promise and triggered diplomatic maneuvering from U.S. LONDON (AP) — Lawyers for a prominent ex-Libyan rebel who is suing Britain over its alleged role in his 2004 rendition said Friday he has withdrawn his cooperation for a UK government commissioned inquiry into abuses during its pursuit of terrorism suspects. TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — After dramatic successes over the past weeks, Libya's rebel movement appears to have hit a wall of overwhelming power from loyalists of Moammar Gadhafi. Pro-regime forces halted their drive on Tripoli with a heavy barrage of rockets in the east and threatened Tuesday to recapture the closest rebel-held city to the capital in the west.Timeline of Brexit and events leading to May’s departure
May 24, 2019 GMTThe Latest: EU chief rues failure to enter Brexit campaign
May 7, 2019 GMTTheresa May is latest Conservative leader swamped by Europe
March 28, 2019 GMTTimeline of key events leading up to Brexit vote
January 15, 2019 GMTUK’s Theresa May: Quiet, steely vicar’s daughter
December 12, 2018 GMTFormer British prime minister draws a crowd in Black Hills
October 10, 2017 GMTUK leader calls for early election to boost Brexit bid
April 19, 2017 GMTCameron jokes he doesn’t have to hear Trump wiretaps anymore
March 21, 2017 GMTBrexit explained: What’s next on the UK’s road out of the EU
March 14, 2017 GMTThe Latest: Calls for 2nd referendum crash UK website
June 24, 2016 GMTAllies eager to bring home Guantanamo detainees
July 13, 2013 GMTLibya’s Belhaj won’t join UK’s torture inquiry
January 6, 2012 GMTGadhafi forces barrage rebels in east and west
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