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Britain's Prime Ministers over the last 40 years
Boris Johnson has won the race to be the next British Prime Minister. Here are his predecessors dating back to 1979.
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Boris v Jeremy: Who are the rivals to be Britain's next PM?
As the race to become Britain's next prime minister draws to a close, here is a look at the two rival candidates, their campaigns and their main Brexit and domestic policies.
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Man, pregnant woman killed in separate stabbings in London
Police were called to an address in south London at 3:30 am, where they found a wounded 26-year-old pregnant woman.
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We will leave EU by 31 Oct, Johnson vows in pitch to be PM
The contest has been dominated by the question of how and when Britain will leave the EU, Britain’s biggest political crisis in a generation.
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May expected to announce on Friday that she will quit - 'The Times'
British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected on Friday to announce her departure from office, 'The Times' reported, without citing a source.
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Factbox - Brexit delayed: What happens next
May has so far been unable to get the exit package she agreed last year with the EU approved by the British parliament, meaning Brexit day has been pushed back to avoid leaving without a deal.
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EU gives Britain six-month delay to Brexit date
The deal struck during late night talks in Brussels means that, if London remains in the EU after 22 May, British voters will have to take part in European elections - or crash out on 1 June.
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Compromise? Time ticking down for Britain to come to Brexit agreement
In a last-ditch bid to get her deal through parliament, May opened talks with Corbyn last week to try to strike a deal on Britain’s future ties with the EU in exchange for his support for her divorce deal, the Withdrawal Agreement.
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British PM asks EU to delay Brexit until 30 June: Downing Street
Prime Minister Theresa May asked the European Union on Friday to delay Britain's departure from the bloc until 30 June, with the extension ending earlier if parliament approves her Brexit deal.
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Brexit delay law approved by House of Commons
May said on Tuesday she would seek another short extension to Brexit beyond 12 April, in order to try and work with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to get her thrice-rejected Brexit deal approved by parliament.
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Factbox: No-deal Brexit - what it might mean for UK economy
EU officials said on Tuesday that a no-deal Brexit was becoming more likely and the European Central Bank said financial markets needed to price in the growing risk.
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Brexit in meltdown: May under pressure to forge softer divorce deal
After one of the most tumultuous weeks in British politics since the 2016 referendum, it was still uncertain how, when or even if the United Kingdom will ever leave the bloc it first joined 46 years ago.
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May's offer to quit fails to break Britain's Brexit stalemate
Theresa May told her Conservative lawmakers she would step down if her Brexit deal was finally passed by parliament at the third attempt, in a last-ditch bid to win over many of her party’s eurosceptic rebels.
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Back to the drawing board: MPs sketch out Brexit future
MPs voted on Monday night to clear the timetable in the House of Commons from 2:00pm on Wednesday, to allow a debate on a number of different Brexit scenarios.
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EU readies short Brexit delay - if May wins parliament over
Nearly three years after Britons narrowly voted in a referendum to leave the EU, May has been unable to unite her divided cabinet, parliament or nation behind her exit plan.
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May's Brexit deal in chaos as Speaker sparks 'constitutional crisis'
One of the government’s senior law officers, Solicitor General Robert Buckland, said: “We’re in a major constitutional crisis here.”
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Under pressure, May scrambles to win support for Brexit deal
May needs 75 lawmakers to change their vote after it was crushed first in January by 230 lawmakers and then by 149 on 12 March.
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Eighth MP jumps ship in crisis for UK Labour
Joan Ryan told BBC radio that Corbyn had 'introduced or allowed to happen in our party this scourge of anti-Semitism. It has completely infected the party'.
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Brexit: May heads back to Brussels but EU not budging
With less than six weeks until Brexit day, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has agreed to meet May once again, but EU leaders insist they will not restart negotiations.
