Theresa May

The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called for an immediate general election after Theresa May tearfully announced that she would resigning as Prime Minister.  Taking to Twitter, Jeremy Corbyn said: “Theresa May is right to resign. She’s now accepted what the country’s known for months: she can’t govern, and nor can her divided and disintegrating […]

British Theresa May has announced she will step down as UK Prime Minister, after three bruising years that saw her fail to deliver Brexit. May said on Friday she would quit as leader of the Conservative Party on Friday 7 June “I will resign as leader of the Conservative and Unionist party on Friday, 7 June so that a successor can be chosen,” May said […]

London – British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected on Friday to announce the date of her departure, triggering a contest that will bring a new leader to power who is likely to push for a more decisive Brexit divorce deal. After a crisis-riven premiership of almost three years, May is due to meet the […]

Speaking in London on Tuesday Theresa May announced details of a plan, which Cabinet agreed support for following a three-hour meeting, in front of a backdrop featuring the slogan “Seeking common ground in Parliament”. She said MPs will vote in parliament on whether to hold a second referendum, despite her belief that the 2016 vote should continue […]

Britain’s parliament approved legislation on Monday that gives lawmakers the power to scrutinise and even change Prime Minister Theresa May’s request that the European Union agree to delay Brexit until June 30. May has already asked Brussels to extend Britain’s EU membership to allow talks with the opposition Labour Party in search of different exit […]

Theresa May’s Brexit deal has been defeated in the Commons by 391 votes to 242, a majority of 149. Although the 149 margin was reduced from the record 230-vote defeat of the first “meaningful vote” in January, Mrs May was left far adrift from a majority with just 17 days to go to the scheduled […]

Theresa May put the responsibility on the European Union to make concessions over the thorny issue of the Irish backstop in Brexit talks, or risk Britain leaving the EU without a deal. The two sides are at an impasse over the so-called backstop aimed at ensuring that there is a frictionless border between Northern Ireland […]

British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn met Prime Minister Theresa May last week and has written her a letter putting forward five demands by his Labour Party on the Brexit deal, his party said late on Wednesday. In the letter made public on Wednesday, Corbyn said the Brexit deal must include a “permanent and comprehensive” UK-wide […]

United States President Donald Trump is set to attend a NATO leaders’ summit in the U.K. in December. The meeting was announced by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday. “[The meeting will be] an opportunity for Allied Heads of State and Government to address the security challenges we face now and in the future, and to ensure that […]

Theresa May has urged MPs to back her Brexit deal, saying that passing it into law will allow the UK to “turn a corner” and put a disruptive period of political turmoil behind it. The Prime Minister used her New Year message to put pressure on politicians to support her Withdrawal Agreement when it is put before […]