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Former finance minister Rishi Sunak led the field of Conservative MPs bidding to become Britain’s next prime minister in the first ballot of Tory lawmakers Wednesday, as the race narrowed to six with the elimination of two candidates. Early frontrunner Sunak — who quit as finance minister last week, helping to trigger outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s downfall — topped ...

The UK’s terrorism threat level has been downgraded from “severe” to “substantial”, the Home Office says. Home Secretary Priti Patel said the UK was still at “a high level of threat” and an attack could “occur without further warning”. The terrorism threat is now at its lowest since August 2014. Substantial is the third of five ratings at which the ...

MPs have made their pitches to succeed John Bercow as Speaker of the House of Commons in the first election for the powerful post in more than a decade. The Speaker keeps order in Commons debates and calls MPs to speak. Seven candidates were in the running, including Labour’s Harriet Harman and deputy Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle. That list was ...

Britain’s election campaign heated up Sunday even before it officially started, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying he would apologize to Conservatives for failing to take the U.K. out of the European Union by Oct. 31 and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage saying he won’t personally run for a seat in Parliament. Johnson’s promise to have Britain leave the bloc ...

  London, Friday  1st November 2019 – The official launch of The Bangla Mirror Group British Bangladeshi Who’s Who 2019 publication and award gala dinner will be held in the prestigious Meridian Grand on Tuesday 12th November 2019. The Bangla Mirror Group, publishers of the British Bangladeshi Who’s Who publication, held a press conference on Friday 1st November 2019   at ...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has rejected the suggestion from Nigel Farage and Donald Trump that he should work with the Brexit Party during the election. The Tory leader told the BBC he was “always grateful for advice” but he would not enter into election pacts. His comments come after the US president said the British broadcaster Mr Farage and ...

Downing Street has defended the UK’s Brexit deal with the EU, following criticism from the US president. Donald Trump said the US “can’t make a trade deal with the UK” under UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s EU withdrawal agreement.But a No 10 spokesperson said the deal meant “we can strike our own free trade deals around the world, from which ...

British prime minister Boris Johnson finally has the election he has been pushing for but it is a gamble, with experts warning of one of the most unpredictable polls in years. Johnson is currently hamstrung by his lack of a majority in the House of Commons, but hopes to win enough seats to force through his Brexit plan — and ...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he is ready to fight a “tough” general election after MPs voted for a 12 December poll. The legislation approved by MPs on Tuesday will later begin its passage through the House of Lords, where it is not expected to be opposed, reports BBC.Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the snap poll gave a ...

Labour MPs are ready for a general election campaign, Caerphilly MP Wayne David has said. The UK is heading for a general election after Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said Labour is ready for the “most radical campaign ever”. “It’s going to be a hard fight, [but] we will win through and win this historic election,” Mr David said. But ...