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3 June 2017 9:00 am

Home The Conservatives grew restive when polls, for what they were worth, indicated a closing gap between their support and…

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27 May 2017 9:00 am

Home  Twenty-two people were killed and 59 wounded by a man who blew himself up, with a bomb containing metal…

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20 May 2017 9:00 am

NHS and computers across the world crippled by ransomware virus

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13 May 2017 9:00 am

Home After spectacular local election results, Theresa May, the Prime Minister, said: ‘I’m taking nothing for granted over the next…

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6 May 2017 9:00 am

Home Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, told Theresa May after dinner with her on 26 April, ‘I’m…

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29 April 2017 9:00 am

Home Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, cheered the United Kingdom by promising four new bank holidays for the whole country…

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22 April 2017 9:00 am

Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, having repeatedly said that there would be no election until 2020, surprised the nation…

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14 April 2017 11:00 pm

Home Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary, having cancelled a trip to Moscow over the Syrian poison gas incident, consulted other…

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8 April 2017 9:00 am

Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, visited Saudi Arabia without covering her hair, or even wearing a hat. Earlier, asked…

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1 April 2017 9:00 am

Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, wrote a letter to Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, with formal…

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25 March 2017 9:00 am

Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, said that on 29 March she would send a letter to Donald Tusk, the……

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18 March 2017 9:00 am

Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, decided to delay until later in the month the invoking of Article 50 of…

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11 March 2017 9:00 am

Home The Lords passed two amendments to the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill, voting by 358 to 256 to…

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9 March 2017 3:00 pm

Home The Lords passed two amendments to the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill, voting by 358 to 256 to…

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4 March 2017 9:00 am

Home Sir John Major, the former prime minister, made a speech at Chatham House in which he called the referendum…

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2 March 2017 3:00 pm

Home Sir John Major, the former prime minister, made a speech at Chatham House in which he called the referendum…

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23 February 2017 3:00 pm

Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, sat on the steps of the throne, as a privy counsellor, watching the Lords…

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23 February 2017 3:00 pm

Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, sat on the steps of the throne, as a privy counsellor, watching the Lords…

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18 February 2017 9:00 am

Home The Queen opened a new National Cyber Security Centre in London. Britain’s contribution to Nato has fallen below the…

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16 February 2017 3:00 pm

Home The Queen opened a new National Cyber Security Centre in London. Britain’s contribution to Nato has fallen below the…

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11 February 2017 9:00 am

Home John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, said he was ‘strongly opposed’ to an address being made…

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9 February 2017 3:00 pm

Home John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, said he was ‘strongly opposed’ to an address being made…

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4 February 2017 9:00 am

Trump news Theresa May, the Prime Minister, let it be known that she was ‘very happy’ about having extended an…

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2 February 2017 3:00 pm

Trump news Theresa May, the Prime Minister, let it be known that she was ‘very happy’ about having extended an…

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28 January 2017 9:00 am

Home The Supreme Court ruled by eight to three that, without an act of Parliament, the government could not effectually…