Boris Johnson resigns: The PM finally agreed to step down after one of his closest allies, Treasury Chief Nadhim Zahawi, told the prime minister to resign for the good of the country.
Boris Johnson resignation: The PM was marred by his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and a steady stream of ethics allegations, from alcohol-fueled government parties that broke lockdown rules to how he handled a sexual misconduct scandal
Senior civil servant Sue Gray’s long-awaited report into the “partygate” scandal said the “senior leadership team ... must bear responsibility” for a culture that allowed events to take place that “should not have been allowed to happen.”
Conservative Party MP Neil Parish resigned, triggering a by-election in the Tory safe seat of Tiverton and Honiton in south-west England, after admitting he watched adult material twice in Parliament.
Rishi Sunak will remain next door to Johnson at Downing Street as his Chancellor of the Exchequer and Priti Patel, who had been at the centre of some speculation of being moved, remains in her post as Home Secretary.
While speaking to ANI in the national capital on March 10, Lok Sabha Congress MP, Shashi Tharoor spoke on the discussion that took place in UK Parliament on farm laws.
India summoned the British High Commissioner on Tuesday and conveyed its strong opposition to the "unwarranted and tendentious" discussion on India's agricultural reforms in the British Parliament.
After a major reshuffle in UK Cabinet, 3 Indian origin MPs are now a part of Britain's core political think tank. Rishi Sunak, the son in law of Infosys co-founder Ramarao Narayan Murthy, on Thursday replaced Pakistan origin Chancellor Sajid Javid as the Chancellor of Exchequer (finance minister) of Uk, while Alok Sharma was appointed Business Secretary in the Cabinet.
It’s long been known that Britain’s Parliament building must be vacated for urgent repairs that will take years and cost billions, but the problem now goes beyond the water leaks and vermin infestation to Britain’s global reputation as a model of democracy-in-action.
A group of 75 anti-Brexit MPs and peers were seeking an interim interdict -- similar to an injunction -- at the Court of Session ahead of a full hearing. Their request was declined by Lord Doherty, who said he was not satisfied there was a "cogent need" for an interdict.
"The UK is falling behind in the global race to engage with a rising India...The story of the UK's recent relationship with India is primarily one of missed opportunities,” the report said.
The House of Commons voted 286-344 against the withdrawal agreement struck between Prime Minister Theresa May and the EU.
Following her defeat in the House of Commons, May said that the MPs have established what they are against but not what they are for.
The reports in local media say that the police have evacuated the Parliament Square as a large number of police cars descended on the heart of Westminster.
The Sikh community in the UK has often been the mistaken target of hate crimes against Muslims that surged after the 9/11 attack in the US.
Armed guards have been deployed on the river Thames to protect the UK's Parliament building in the Palace of Westminster in London.
A motion tabled in the UK parliament has condemned Pakistan's arbitrary move to declare the strategic Gilgit-Baltistan region as its fifth province.
London attacker Khalid Masood, who plowed a SUV into a crowd on Westmister bridge before stabbing a police officer, acted alone and is not known to have an associate, Scotland Yard said.
British officials named the UK Parliament attacker as Khalid Masood, a 52-year-old with criminal convictions.
Islamic State today claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack near the Parliament on Wednesday afternoon in which four people were killed including the lone attacker.
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