Conservatives
UK by-elections pose fresh threat to Boris Johnson
His ruling Conservatives are tipped to lose both contests, for the parliamentary seats of Tiverton and Honiton in southwest England and Wakefield in the north,...
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UK MPs fire warning shot at Johnson in COVID vote
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday faced intense pressure after nearly 100 MPs from his party broke ranks and voted against new coronavirus restrictions.
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PM Johnson wins vote on Brexit deal in time for Christmas
The 358 to 234 vote paves the way for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to deliver on his winning general election promise to "get Brexit done" by 31 January.
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Britain starts unpredictable election battle over Brexit
The 12 December poll was decided just a few hours after Brussels extended this week's Brexit deadline to give London more time to figure out what it plans to do.
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Torn by Brexit, Labour to vote on way out of the crisis
Britain is hurtling toward its 31 October departure from the European Union without an exit agreement and facing the threat of border disruptions that the government admits could cause food shortages and spark civil unrest.
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Johnson threatens to purge rebel Brexit MPs from party
A senior source in the whips office, responsible for party enforcement, said any Conservative lawmaker who votes against the government this week would be thrown out of the parliamentary party and banned from standing for the Conservatives in the next election.
