Theresa May

Once a week, British prime ministers drive into Buckingham Palace for an audience with the Queen to discuss “government matters”.

BBC journalist confuses Theresa May with Margaret Thatcher, gets roasted

Instead of saying Theresa May tweeted on the high-octane race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the BBC journalist said 'a tweet that Margaret Thatcher has just put out'

Politics | Will Britain break the Brexit logjam?

This in the ultimate analysis is the Brexit election and so the choice for the British electorate will be between Boris Johnson who is promising to deliver Brexit by January 31 and Jeremy Corbyn who will negotiate a new Brexit deal and then grant a new EU referendum.

Politics | British Parliament deadlock leaves Brexit in purgatory

Boris Johnson has succeeded in breaking the logjam in British Parliament on the deal by presenting a solution which has now much greater traction than ever before. However, that’s just not enough in overseeing Brexit.

UK PM Boris Johnson restores post-study work programme, even with Brexit looming

With Brexit looming, the Boris Johnson-led government may be looking to attract more talented students into the country as the UK will now have to compete with Germany for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) students.

Politics | PM Boris Johnson’s first test will be to pull the UK out of the Brexit quagmire

India will continue to be seen as an important partner for the UK post-Brexit. Boris Johnson is fond of India and considers Narendra Modi a “political phenomenon”.

Boris Johnson will be Britain's next Prime Minister

Theresa May stepped down as the PM after failing to get the parliament to approve her Brexit deal

Britain wants accountability over Jamal Khashoggi murder, says Theresa May

Last week, a UN rights investigator said Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other senior officials should be investigated over the murder, given credible evidence against them.

8 in the fray to replace Theresa May as British PM

May had announced her resignation earlier this week and is set to formally step down as Tory leader and PM on June 7, after a three-day state visit to the UK by US President Donald Trump.

Brexit impasse: Theresa May resigns effective June 7; process to elect new PM to begin in a few weeks

May's term as UK PM has been crisis-driven as her Brexit plans were rejected three times by UK Parliament, and was due for another vote in June

Theresa May's Brexit gambit fails as her premiership fades

Nearly three years since Britain voted 52% to 48% to leave the European Union, May is trying one last time to get her divorce deal approved by the British parliament before her crisis-riven premiership ends.

Britain's Brexit talks collapse as May's premiership crumbles

Nearly three years after the United Kingdom voted 52% to 48% in a referendum to leave the EU, it remains unclear how, when or even if it will leave the European club it joined in 1973. The current deadline to leave is October 31.

Theresa May to confirm resignation date in June

It had been announced earlier this week that May intends to bring her controversial Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, already defeated three times by British MPs, back for another vote in the week beginning June 3.

UK PM May's party slumps to fifth place as pressure mounts for her to go

The collapse in support for the Conservative Party is piling pressure on May to set a date for her departure. Senior Conservatives want May to set out her plans this week.

UK concedes it must hold EU election amid Brexit delay

Britain's departure date has been postponed from March 29 until October 31 while politicians scramble for a solution

UK PM Theresa May to be told to quit by top Conservative: Report

Britain was originally due to leave the European Union on March 29, but that deadline was pushed back to April 12 and then again to October 31.

EU gives PM Theresa May 'flexible' Brexit recess to October 31

"EU27/UK have agreed a flexible extension until 31 October," European Council President Donald Tusk tweeted after eight hours of talks that went into the early hours of Thursday.

Theresa May issues ‘stark' warning of no Brexit at all

The British Prime Minister sought to defend her move to reach out to Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in an attempt to break the ongoing parliamentary deadlock over Britain's impending exit from the European Union.

UK's Theresa May concedes Brexit deal won't pass 'in near future'

Britain is due to leave the EU on April 12 unless May can secure another delay from the EU, which already agreed to postpone the Brexit day originally set for March 29.

UK opposition leader agrees to meet PM Theresa May for Brexit talks

Corbyn's comments came after May decided to seek a further "short" Brexit deadline extension from the European Union to give her time to forge a new approach and get her current deal with Brussels approved by parliament.

Goldman Sachs sees softer, later Brexit after withdrawal agreement defeat

Goldman Sachs cut to 45 percent from 50 percent the chance that a modified version of the current withdrawal agreement is eventually approved in the House of Commons.

Parliament sinks May's Brexit deal again, EU braces for no-deal exit

After a special sitting of parliament, lawmakers voted 344-286 against May's 585-page EU Withdrawal Agreement, agreed after two years of tortuous negotiations with the bloc.

Theresa May's offer to quit fails to break Britain's Brexit stalemate

May told her Conservative lawmakers she would step down if her Brexit deal was finally passed by parliament at the third attempt, in a last-ditch bid to win over many of her party's eurosceptic rebels.

UK lawmakers seize Brexit agenda in bid to break deadlock

The move came after Theresa May conceded that Parliament would defeat her twice-rejected divorce deal with the EU again if she put it to a third vote.

Theresa May admits no support for third vote on controversial EU divorce bill

'It is with great regret that I have had to conclude that as things stand, there is still not sufficient support in the House to bring back the deal for a third Meaningful Vote,' May told the Commons.