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Trump's team accuses UK's Labour Party of 'foreign interference' in US election

October 23, 2024 9:04 pm

Starmer, however, downplayed concerns, insisting that Labour supporters were volunteering in a personal capacity and that this issue would not affect UK-US relations if Trump were re-elected on 5 November.

UK PM Keir Starmer's chief of staff resigns, takes up new post in Labour govt

October 06, 2024 9:02 pm

Gray announced she would be taking up a new role as Starmer’s envoy for the regions and nations. McSweeney is set to replace her as chief of staff at Downing Street.

UK govt to classify extreme misogyny as form of extremism, home secretary announces

August 18, 2024 11:42 pm

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper lamented that efforts to combat extremism have been severely weakened in recent years.

Hundreds of new UK lawmakers gather to be sworn in as Parliament returns after a dramatic election

July 09, 2024 6:48 pm

The new House of Commons includes the largest number of women ever elected — 263, some 40% of the total — and the most lawmakers of color, at 90.

What we learned from the UK's general election that will shape politics over the coming years

July 07, 2024 2:17 am

The new government faces huge challenges, including fixing the country's sluggish economic and social malaise resulting in part from the UK's exit from the European Union, the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and several Conservative Party scandals.

New UK Prime Minister Starmer says controversial Rwanda deportation plan is 'dead and buried

July 06, 2024 6:33 pm

The announcement was widely expected because Starmer said he would ditch the plan that has cost hundreds of millions of dollars but never taken flight.

View from Pakistan: Historic win for Labour Party in the UK, India at T20 World Cup

July 06, 2024 6:11 pm

The task ahead for Keir Starmer; a nail-biting World Cup final for the ages; an unfair Finance Bill; a blanket social media ban for Muharram: View from Pakistan

From chess champ to chancellor, UK's Rachel Reeves plots gambit on growth

July 06, 2024 1:11 am

A former Bank of England economist, Reeves, 45, was tasked in opposition with mending relations with the business community that were strained under left-wing former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, and pitching to voters that the party could be trusted with their money.

Who are the 26 Indian-origin MPs elected to UK Parliament

July 05, 2024 11:05 pm

A record number of around 26 Indian-origin members of Parliament have been elected to the House of Commons in the UK's general election as results were announced on Friday

UK's Labour set to sweep into power with huge majority, exit poll shows

July 05, 2024 4:42 am

The result would give Labour a majority of 170 and would bring the curtain down on 14 years of increasingly tumultuous Conservative-led government.

UK elections results: Historic mandate for Labour as 14 years of Tory rule comes to an end

July 05, 2024 6:01 pm

Australian election: Anthony Albanese leads Labor Party to victory

May 22, 2022 10:27 pm

Labour Party leader Anthony Albanese set to be next Australian PM