UK election

UK PM Starmer says his government is a 10-year project, vows to fight on despite calls to quit

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to fight on, despite Labour suffering the worst losses of a governing party in local elections in decades.

Number of small boat migrants to UK tops 200,000

Migrants hoping to reach Britain usually risk the journey in flimsy, overcrowded boats.

UK’s Labour punished in local elections, populist Reform party make big gains

Britain's Reform UK leader Nigel Farage reacts as he leaves Millbank Tower following the results of the local elections, in London, Britain, May 8, 2026. REUTERS/Chris J Ratcliffe

Starmer’s storm and the breakdown in British politics

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage drumming up support a day before the May 7 local elections, expected to pile more misery on Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer and cement the rise of right- and left-wing populists..

Starmer’s top aide Morgan McSweeney quits as Mandelson-Epstein furore engulfs Britain’s PM

FILE PHOTO: Downing Street Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney arrives for the annual Lady Mayor's Banquet at the Guildhall in London, Britain, December 1, 2025. REUTERS/Chris J. Ratcliffe/File Photo

Britain’s Reeves abandons plans to raise income tax rates, roiling markets

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves 11 Downing Street, ahead of presenting the Spending Review to Parliament, in London, Britain, June 11, 2025. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy/File Photo/File Photo

At Labour Party conference, PM Starmer’s rival steals the limelight

Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester speaks at a fringe meeting during the Britain's Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 28, 2025. REUTERS/Phil Noble

Britain’s Starmer calls on party to unite and ‘stop navel-gazing’

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends the Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 28, 2025. REUTERS/Phil Noble

Convicted rapist loses European court case over right to vote in UK election

UK to lower voting age to 16 in landmark electoral reform

FILE PHOTO: A voter ID information sign is displayed at a polling station during the general election in London, Britain July 4, 2024. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska/File Photo

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