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Wednesday, May 11th 2016 - 09:13 UTC
What Labour can learn from my victory: we can’t ignore what voters want

By Sadiq Khan (*) - Labour has won control of City Hall in London for the first time in eight years – the first major electoral success for our party in England in over a decade.
Friday, May 6th 2016 - 07:13 UTC
Councils-election: Labour doing better than expected in England; Scotland's Sturgeon wins a third term for the SNP

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has avoided the drubbing some had predicted as the party retained control of key councils in England, but the party had a bad night in the Scottish Parliament elections, where Nicola Sturgeon won an historic third term for the SNP reported BBC late Thursday.
Thursday, May 5th 2016 - 07:07 UTC
UK council elections could question Corbyn's leadership; London could go to a dissident Labour Muslim

Millions of British voters go to the polls Thursday in the most important elections since David Cameron sealed a second term as prime minister a year ago, but this time it is Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s future that is at stake. Despite the squabbling inside the ruling Conservative party divided over Europe, the local and regional elections are shaping up as the first real test of the Labor leader´s reign and one that his opponents are desperate to ensure he fails.
Monday, April 18th 2016 - 10:00 UTC
Labour leader Corbyn will vote for Remain and Reform in the Brexit referendum

British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn this week made his most impassioned plea for Britain to stay in Europe, saying the socialist case for the EU had dispelled his long-held suspicion of the bloc. Labour leader Corbyn, who voted against EU membership in a 1975 referendum, said he was now a supporter of the protections it offered workers, consumers and the environment.
Thursday, October 8th 2015 - 09:02 UTC
Osborne emerges as potential successor of Cameron as head of Conservatives

British finance minister George Osborne has emerged as a potential successor to David Cameron as head of the Conservatives amid buzz at the party's annual conference over who the favorite might be.
Monday, October 5th 2015 - 07:35 UTC
“Hands off, Tories will never sell out the Falklands”:Hammond's message to Cristina Fernandez

UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has issued a firm hands-off warning to Argentina by insisting the government will “never sell out” the Falkland Islands. The Foreign Secretary insisted the “bullying and harassment” against the Islanders must stop, adding it is counter-productive and “shameful”.
Saturday, May 9th 2015 - 09:23 UTC
PM Cameron confirms economic policy: names Osborne first secretary of state

Prime Minister David Cameron reappointed George Osborne as his finance minister on Friday and gave him a bigger cabinet role after Britain's economic recovery helped their party to an unexpectedly big election victory.
Saturday, May 9th 2015 - 09:06 UTC
Tory majority government, but looking to Scottish independentists' landslide

Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives won a stunning victory in Britain's election on Friday, which cut short the careers of his top three rivals and put the country's European Union future in doubt.
Friday, May 8th 2015 - 06:59 UTC
Conservatives on course to a major victory, as SNP wipes out Labor in Scotland

The Conservatives are on course to be the largest party with David Cameron hopeful of gaining a majority in the UK general election. Labor faces being wiped out by the SNP in Scotland and is failing to make the gains it needs in England to stand a chance of forming a government.
Thursday, April 16th 2015 - 02:22 UTC
Falklands people's “democratic rights” will be upheld, pledges Tories' manifesto

With less than a month to UK's election the Conservative party released its manifesto which explicitly declares that a Tory government “will uphold the democratic rights of the people of Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands to remain British, for as long as that is their wish, and protect our Overseas Territories”.