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UK: Rishi Sunak receives double blow as voters choose Labour Party in two special elections
World | February 16, 2024 16:09 ISTThe party has only won four out of 21 by-elections since the last national election in 2019 and has been defeated six times since Sunak came to power in 2022. This comes as a setback for Sunak, who is under fire to change his policies amid a crumbling economy and a worsening cost-for-living crisis.
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'Enough is enough': British PM Rishi Sunak faces no-confidence letter from Conservative MP
World | November 14, 2023 9:34 ISTIn her no-confidence letter, Jenkyns criticised the British PM for sacking Suella Braverman from the post of Home Secretary, saying that she was the only one with the "balls to speak the truth". Sunak replaced Braverman with ex-foreign secretary James Cleverly.
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UK: Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party suffers two big defeats in by-elections
World | October 20, 2023 14:31 ISTLabour Party won Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth seats, both considered Conservative strongholds. Labour leader Keir Starmer, who is a frontrunner for the PM post, said that his party is "redrawing the political map" as pressure on Sunak mounts.
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SHOCKING! UK protester throws glitter at opposition leader during public speech in Liverpool
World | October 10, 2023 21:00 ISTUK Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is eyeing to replace Rishi Sunak as the next British Prime Minister. The Labour Party has lost the last four consecutive general elections in the UK, but their chances might improve with Britain's economic woes.
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Thailand elections: Opposition crushes military-backed conservative party fulfilling hopes of change
World | May 15, 2023 9:21 ISTThailand elections: A joint session of the 500-seat House of Representatives will be held with the 250-member Senate in July to select the new prime minister, a process widely seen as undemocratic because the Senators were appointed by the military rather than elected.
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'Hand on heart ... I did not lie to the House': Johnson over Partygate row amid looming suspension
World | March 22, 2023 23:31 ISTIf the committee concludes that Johnson deliberately lied, he could face suspension or even lose his seat in the Commons.
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Racism not a factor in British PM race, says Rishi Sunak
World | July 31, 2022 17:36 ISTThe first time a patient misses an appointment, they will be given "the benefit of the doubt", but subsequent missed appointments will incur charges of GBP 10 each time.
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Boris Johnson's rollercoaster journey to top and bottom
World | July 07, 2022 16:23 ISTBoris Johnson resignation: UK PM Boris Johnson agreed to resign Thursday after the chorus of disapproval from within his own party became too much for him to withstand.
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My 'Muslim woman minister' status was making colleagues uncomfortable, says sacked UK lawmaker
World | January 23, 2022 18:19 ISTNusrat Ghani, 49, was appointed to a junior ministerial post at the UK’s Department for Transport in 2018 under former Prime Minister Theresa May.
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PM Modi congratulates British PM Boris Johnson on 'thumping majority' in UK election
World | December 13, 2019 12:35 ISTBritish media reports say the Conservative Party has secured a majority by winning 326 seats out of 650 in the House of Commons. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's gamble to push for an early vote as a way to end the parliamentary deadlock on Brexit looks to have paid off, with the number of Conservative seats in Parliament growing from 330 in 2017 to 368.
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15 Conservative MPs agree to sign no-confidence motion against Theresa May: Report
World | July 23, 2017 23:17 ISTAround 15 Conservative party MPs have agreed to sign a no-confidence motion against British Prime Minister Theresa May as part of a plot to oust her.
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PM Theresa May's Conservative Party leads in UK Polls
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Could have handled it better: David Cameron admits he bungled up Panama Papers row
World | April 09, 2016 20:21 ISTBritish Prime Minister David Cameron admitted on Saturday that he bungled his admission of his investment in an offshore fund revealed in the mammoth data breach of a Panama law firm.
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British PM David Cameron names his first all-Conservative cabinet
World | May 11, 2015 9:02 ISTLondon: British Prime Minister David Cameron has formed his first all-Conservative cabinet after his party stormed to victory in this year's general election, Downing Street announced on Sunday.The new cabinet saw most of Cameron's close
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Canadian Parliament authorizes air strikes in Iraq
World | October 08, 2014 21:47 ISTToronto: Canada's Parliament voted Tuesday to authorize airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group in Iraq following a U.S. request.Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative Party introduced the motion last week and it was debated this
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UK's Labour Party elects Ed Miliband As Its New Leader
World | September 25, 2010 23:08 ISTLondon: Britain's Opposition Labour Party has said that Ed Miliband has been elected as its new leader. Forty-year-old former climate change secretary Ed is the younger brother of 45-year-old former British foreign secretary David Miliband.It
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