LONDON — Rishi Sunak is the ruling U.K. Conservatives’ third leader inside a year. But already, Tory MPs are thinking about who comes next.
A drubbing for the Tories in local elections across England earlier this month, and a stubbornly high poll lead for the opposition Labour Party, has left Tory MPs mulling the prospect of a general election defeat next year — and the likelihood of yet another bloody leadership contest in the aftermath.
Sunak, who recently marked his
LONDON – Rishi Sunaks Pläne zur Bekämpfung der Migration über den Ärmelkanal seien „moralisch inakzeptabel“, warnte der Erzbischof von Canterbury am Mittwoch – da Sunaks bahnbrechendes Gesetz im House of Lords auf Schwierigkeiten stieß.
Justin Welby, der ranghöchste Geistliche der Kirche von England und an diesem Wochenende maßgeblich an der Krönung von König Karl III. beteiligt war, hat zuvor die britische Regierung wegen ihrer Einwanderungspolitik kritisiert.
Doch seine erste, scharf kritisierte Intervention zu Sunaks Gesetz zur illegalen Migration stellt einen
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LONDON — It was clear when Boris Johnson was forced from Downing Street that British politics had changed forever.
But few could have predicted that less than six months later, all angry talk of a cross-Channel trade war would be a distant memory, with Britain and the EU striking a remarkable compromise deal over post-Brexit trade rules in Northern Ireland.
Private conversations with more than a dozen U.K. and
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LONDON — Amid the political turmoil of the last 12 months, one thing remains a constant: love is still in the air in Westminster, and the political world beyond SW1.
On what is fast-becoming a Valentine’s Day tradition, POLITICO today brings you its latest, definitely-not-scientifically-ranked 2023 list of Britain’s top 40 political power couples.
And with two changes of government since last year’s list was published, there are some
Liz Truss dramatically quit today, admitting defeat following crisis talks with Tory chiefs in Downing Street and with MPs in open insurrection.
After just 44 disastrous days in No10, the PM took to a lectern outside the famous black door to confirm her departure, sealing her fate as the shortest-serving premier in modern political history.
Revealing she had informed the King of her decision, she said: ‘I cannot deliver on the mandate…. I will remain as PM until a successor
LONDON — Liz Truss’ inaugural conference as Conservative Party leader unfolded in shambolic fashion with a major policy U-turn and open dissent from senior ministers. But the hard work’s just getting started as restive MPs return to Westminster.
Fresh from reversing her plan to cut the top rate of tax, the U.K. prime minister is under pressure to guarantee that social security will keep pace with the cost of living — with major divisions in the party bursting into the
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LONDON — It was in the unlikely surrounds of Port Vale Football Club, a small town and perpetually lower-league team in central England, that the course of British political history was set.
In a rented boardroom overlooking the 15,000-capacity Vale Park pitch, Liz Truss was being put through her paces. Around the table were two of her most trusted aides, taking turns to roleplay the one man standing in her path to 10
LONDON – Eine britische Abgeordnete sprach sich aus, nachdem ihr mitgeteilt worden war, dass es gegen die Regeln verstößt, mit ihrem drei Monate alten Sohn an Debatten im Parlament teilzunehmen.
Stella Creasy von Labour beharrte “Politik und Elternschaft können sich vermischen”, nachdem sie informiert wurde, dass sie nicht mit ihrem Baby im Unterhaus sitzen sollte.
Creasy brachte ihr Kind am Dienstag zu einer Debatte in die Westminster Hall und erhielt danach einen Brief vom Büro der stellvertretenden Sprecherin Dame Eleanor
