Tag: prime minister

• Monday, April 20th 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  Boris Johnson “on top of things”, says government; but where is he? asks the media

  

  The British government insisted on Sunday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was “on top of things” as he recovers from the coronavirus facing criticism of his early handling of the crisis.

• Tuesday, April 7th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  Johnson in intensive care; Raab deputizes; support from Trump and Macron

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to an intensive care unit on Monday after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, although his Downing Street office said he was still conscious. Britain has no formal succession plan should the prime minister become incapacitated, but Johnson, 55, has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputize for him.

• Saturday, January 11th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Killing of investigative journalist finally knocks out Malta Prime Minister accused of hampering the case

  

  Malta's outgoing Prime Minister Joseph Muscat on Friday (Jan 10) said he was “paying the highest political price” for failing to solve a journalist's killing, the investigation into which he has been accused of hampering.

• Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Spain votes on Sunday: Catalonia and a possible repeat of a hung parliament

  

  The main candidates to become Spain's next prime minister clashed on Monday over how to handle Catalan separatism, as they tried to woo voters ahead of a repeat election that opinion polls show could be as inconclusive as the one in April.

• Wednesday, July 3rd 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  Boris Johnson favors reviewing taxes on products high in salt, fat and sugar

  

  Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to become Britain's next prime minister, will launch a review into the so-called sin taxes on products high in salt, fat, and sugar if he wins the contest for leader, he will say on Wednesday.

• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  Now the race (and Brexit challenge) is down to Boris and Jeremy

  

  Fervent Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson and foreign minister Jeremy Hunt emerged on Thursday as the only two candidates left in the race to become British prime minister, with the flamboyant Johnson odds-on favorite to win next month.

• Wednesday, June 5th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  World leaders join in south England to honor Allied soldiers on 75th anniversary of D-Day

  

  Queen Elizabeth II is set to join British Prime Minister Theresa May, other world leaders and World War II veteran on the southern coast of England on Wednesday to honor the Allied soldiers who risked and gave their lives in large numbers 75 years ago for the D-Day invasion that helped liberate Europe from Nazi Germany.

• Friday, May 31st 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Tories and Labour face Brexit debacle: Libs and Farage, become the leading parties shows YouGov poll

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party is facing its worst ever general election result if a vote were held now, according to a new opinion poll, as voters frustrated with the deadlock over Brexit will punish the main political parties.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 08:55 UTC

  Theresa May agrees to step down in early June, says chair of the 1922 Committee

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May will set out a timetable for her departure in early June after the latest attempt to get her Brexit deal approved by parliament, the chairman of a powerful Conservative committee said on Thursday.

• Saturday, March 30th 2019 - 23:21 UTC

  British PM May considering a fourth attempt to have her Brexit deal approved

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday mulled a possible fourth attempt to get her Brexit agreement through parliament, faced with the growing risk of a chaotic no-deal exit in less than two weeks' time. MPs on Friday resoundingly rejected May's deal, although by a substantially lower margin than on two previous occasions in January and March.