Afghan refugees who worked for the UK given right to remain indefinitely
Afghan refugees who worked for the U.K. military and government can permanently stay in the country, the Home Office announced on Wednesday. “They’ve done right by us, we want to do right by them,”...
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Victoria Atkins
The well-regarded justice minister and former barrister was put in charge of running the U.K.’s Afghan refugee resettlement scheme in the fall. Although she has frequently been tipped for a Cabinet job...
View ArticleTimeline: 24 hours of chaos leave Boris Johnson on the brink
A day is a long time in politics for Boris Johnson. The British prime minister’s scandal-hit premiership is looking shakier with every passing minute Wednesday, after more than 30 members of his...
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Pass the sherry, hold the politics: How Britain’s political families are...
LONDON — For some Brits, politics runs in the family. But what do members of the U.K.’s political dynasties get up to when the rest of us are tucking into our turkey? POLITICO prodded key Westminster...
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Dominic Raab’s gone — so who could replace him in the UK Cabinet?
Dominic Raab’s gone — so who could replace him in the UK Cabinet? POLITICO runs through the contenders for justice secretary. Here’s a list of potential candidates to replace Dominic Raab as deputy...
View ArticleHe’s back! David Cameron sits at Cabinet table for first time in 7 years
LONDON — David Cameron is back at the Cabinet table. The former U.K. prime minister appeared smiling alongside his new boss Rishi Sunak Tuesday, following his shock return to frontline politics. Sunak...
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The NHS is facing the longest strike in its history. Here’s why
LONDON — It might be a new year, but England’s cherished public health service is facing the same old problems. And its legions of striking junior doctors are just getting started. From January 3,...
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Net zero meets the NIMBYs: Inside the battle for the UK’s biggest solar farm
EYNSHAM VILLAGE HALL, OXFORDSHIRE, England — On a winter afternoon, dozens of local residents pour into a drafty village hall, tucked away in the picturesque English countryside. They wear thick coats...
View ArticleBoris Johnson evokes cigar-chomping Winston Churchill in swipe at ‘mad’ UK...
LONDON — Every British politician loves to reference Winston Churchill. Few do it quite like Boris Johnson. A crowd in Canada was on Wednesday treated to the sight of Johnson, a former Conservative...
View ArticleTories brace for brutal civil war
LONDON — The U.K. general election is still weeks away — but the battle for the soul of the Conservative Party has already begun. Polls are currently forecasting that the party of Winston Churchill...
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Battle for Conservative Party’s soul begins after election bloodbath
LONDON — As the Conservative Party tastes the bitter reality of defeat for the first time in 14 years, attention has already turned to who might pick up the pieces. At Thursday’s election, the party...
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The great Tory beauty pageant
LONDON — Roll up, roll up … the great Tory beauty parade is about to begin. Over the next three months, the U.K. Conservatives will elect a new leader to steer the party through the choppy waters of...
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Tory leader race: The 6 hopefuls trying to save their party from the abyss
LONDON — It’s a poisoned chalice, but someone has to grasp it. Rishi Sunak’s decision to step down following this month’s crushing general election defeat for the U.K. Conservative Party means...
View Article17 wild facts about Kemi Badenoch’s new Tory team
LONDON — Whoever said opposition was boring? New U.K. Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch has picked her shadow Cabinet, responsible for taking the fight to Labour after the Tories suffered a massive...
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‘Never again’: Britain’s furious farmers turn on Labour
LONDON — For four generations, Judith Jacobs’ family has defied British farming convention by voting Labour — a party that has traditionally struggled to win rural areas. At July’s general election,...
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