British parliament
Queen Elizabeth II could miss opening of parliament
The monarch, who turns 96 next month, lays out her government's legislative programme in a speech from a gilded throne in the House of Lords, in a ceremony...
The Queen - Britain's longest-serving monarch - was accompanied by her 72-year-old son and heir, Prince Charles, as she returned to public duties three weeks after the Duke of Edinburgh was laid to rest. He died last month, aged 99.
Eight MPs are running to replace John Bercow, who placed himself front and centre of the Brexit saga by choosing amendments and introducing procedures that Leave-supporting MPs claimed were designed to frustrate Britain's departure from the European Union.
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the main opposition Labour Party, has questioned the legal basis for Britain’s involvement.
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has estimated there were 3.2 million frauds in the year to last September.
The government has promised to put that final deal to parliament for approval, but has made clear the choice is either to accept the exit agreement, or leave without a deal.
Russia has denied any involvement and has accused Britain of whipping up Russophobia
British Parliament members challenged Facebook, Twitter and Google to lay out their plans for combating fake news.
The Lords committee expressed concern that the government will use the Brexit process to reshape EU laws without proper parliamentary scrutiny as they move into British law.
May wants to use a summit with President Emmanuel Macron to show Britain still has plenty to offer EU member states as she negotiates Brexit.
May told her peers that she was on course to deliver Brexit and urged them to speed up the talks to unravel more than 40 years of membership.
May, 61, has lost two ministers to scandals and her foreign minister, Boris Johnson, is facing calls to resign over remarks he made about a jailed Iranian-British aid worker in Iran.
Fallon apologised earlier this week for touching a radio presenter’s knee in 2002 - something the woman in question described on social media as “mildly amusing”.
Nigel Farage said Prime Minister May needed to rapidly assert her authority over her Conservatives and also over the Brexit negotiations.
On Tuesday, Bell Pottinger was thrown out of a British industry body for running a campaign in support of South African President Jacob Zuma.
Hundreds of people stood in silence along Westminster Bridge and Parliament Square to observe the final bongs.
A spokeswoman for the House of Commons confirmed that unauthorized attempts had been made to access parliamentary accounts.
British Theresa May faced pressure to postpone the UK election in the wake of the London terror attack.
However, until now no poll has suggested that the Conservatives could lose their majority in parliament.