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Boris Johnson has won the race to be the next British Prime Minister. Here are his predecessors dating back to 1979. Picture: AFP

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Britain's Prime Ministers over the last 40 years

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Boris Johnson has won the race to be the next British Prime Minister. Here are his predecessors dating back to 1979.

  • Conservative MP Boris Johnson leaves a house in London on 30 May 2019. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1076 days ago
  • A 30-year-old man has reportedly been arrested in connection with an assault on three police officers outside London’s Buckingham Palace. Picture: @metpoliceuk/Twitter.

    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.

    1097 days ago
  • Conservative MP Boris Johnson leaves a house in London on 30 May 2019. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1112 days ago
  • A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May reacting as Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn informs the MPs that he has tabled a vote of no confidence in the Government in the House of Commons in London on 15 January 2019, after MPs voted to reject the government's Brexit deal. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1135 days ago
  • FILE: Britain PM Theresa May addresses lawmakers in parliament. Picture: @ukparliament/Facebook.com

    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.

    1172 days ago
  • FILE: The European Union Commission headquarters in Brussels.  Picture: AFP

    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.

    1177 days ago
  • A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May as she speaks during the weekly Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in London on 9 January 2019. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    1180 days ago
  • A handout photograph taken and released by the UK Parliament on 3 April 2019 shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaking during the weekly Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) question and answer session in the House of Commons in London. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1183 days ago
  • Britain PM Theresa May addresses lawmakers in parliament. Picture: @ukparliament/Facebook.com

    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.

    1184 days ago
  • Picture: AFP

    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.

    1185 days ago
  • A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May as she speaks during the weekly Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in London on 16 January 2019, ahead of a debate and vote on a motion of no confidence in the government. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1187 days ago
  • FILE: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1191 days ago
  • A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May reacting as Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn informs the MPs that he has tabled a vote of no confidence in the Government in the House of Commons in London on 15 January 2019, after MPs voted to reject the government's Brexit deal. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1192 days ago
  • Britain PM Theresa May addresses lawmakers in parliament. Picture: @ukparliament/Facebook.com

    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.

    1198 days ago
  • A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May as she speaks during the weekly Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in London on 9 January 2019. Picture: AFP.

    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.”

    1200 days ago
  • A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May reacting as Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn informs the MPs that he has tabled a vote of no confidence in the Government in the House of Commons in London on 15 January 2019, after MPs voted to reject the government's Brexit deal. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1201 days ago
  • Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement outside 10 Downing Street in central London after winning a confidence vote on 12 December 2018. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1227 days ago
  • Prime Minister Theresa May's handling of Britain's exit from the European Union. Picture: AFP

    Theresa May's handling of Britain's EU exit

    Prime Minister Theresa May's handling of Britain's exit from the European Union.

    1232 days ago
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