UK PM Keir Starmer facing political litmus test. Here's who could replace incumbent Prime MinisterPolitics in UK: Home to nearly 80,000 people, Makerfield sits in Labour's traditional "red wall" former industrial heartlands increasingly ...
24 May, 2026, 10.06 PM IST
UK local elections test big two partiesPolls opened in local elections Thursday tipped to inflict losses on the UK's two main parties and confirm the rise of hard-right populists...
01 May, 2025, 12.13 PM IST
Panic grips UK's Labour after Spring statement fallout, polls show party losing ground to Tories and Reform as local elections loomLabour Party faces pressure ahead of local elections and the Runcorn by-election, with recent polls showing a drop in popularity. Rachel Re...
02 Apr, 2025, 10.59 PM IST
UK by-election: Labour wins as Tory PM Rishi Sunak stares at more lossesLabour seized the constituency of Blackpool South, in the northwest of England, in the latest by-election defeat for the Tories as it appea...
03 May, 2024, 12.18 PM IST
UK by-election results deliver double trouble for Rishi SunakThe results reflect double trouble for the British Indian leader as the Conservatives had won both seats by decisive margins at the last ge...
17 Feb, 2024, 10.54 AM IST
Conservative Party chief Greg Hands to not resign despite setbacks in two by-electionsDespite recent setbacks in by-elections, Conservative Party chair Greg Hands has stated that he will not step down from his position. The d...
20 Oct, 2023, 04.21 PM IST
British PM Rishi Sunak suffers historic by-election defeatsThe UK's governing Conservative Party suffered two major defeats in safe parliamentary seats, casting doubt on their ability to win the upc...
20 Oct, 2023, 11.00 AM IST
Labour party leader Keir Starmer unveils £1.5billion plan to save NHSAnd his rescue mission will be funded by clamping down on tax breaks for the super-rich. But while tax-avoiding non-doms will lose their lo...
09 Oct, 2023, 08.20 PM IST
Simultaneous polls will require at least 5 amendments to Constitution but would yield huge savings to exchequerHolding simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and state assemblies would need at least five constitutional amendments and a large number of a...
01 Sep, 2023, 05.48 PM IST
Who is Keir Mather? UK's youngest MP winning North Yorkshire constituency with resounding majorityKeir Mather secured a significant majority in the Selby and Ainsty by-election, making him the newest and youngest member in the Parliament.
21 Jul, 2023, 10.35 PM IST
Govt bats for simultaneous polls; lists out imperatives before idea is implementedIn a written reply in Lok Sabha, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said a parliamentary panel had examined the issue of simultaneous elections to L...
17 Mar, 2023, 04.56 PM IST
UK PM Rishi Sunak appoints close friend & journalist James Forsyth as political secretaryJames Forsyth, a political thinker and editor is also a good friend of Rishi Sunak. Forsyth joins the PM as his political secretary to reso...
25 Dec, 2022, 01.18 AM IST
UK election results: Labour Party wins by-election in Stretford and Urmston, pressure mounts on ConservativesThe Labour party successfully retains the Stretford and Urmston seat as Andrew western of the Labour Party registers victory with a majorit...
16 Dec, 2022, 04.54 PM IST
New plot to oust British PM Boris Johnson after by-election defeatsJohnson, 58, survived a vote of no confidence in his leadership earlier this month even though 148 of his MPs voted to oust him and under t...
25 Jun, 2022, 01.49 PM IST
UK Opposition MP resigns with reference to Indian politicsHunt stepped down to take charge of the Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum in London, one of the world's greatest museums.
13 Jan, 2017, 08.47 PM IST
US bonds rise, dollar falls, stocks little changed on jobs dataU.S. government bond yields slumped the most in three months, the S&P 500 Index hovered near a two-week low and the greenback dropped again...
03 Dec, 2016, 12.48 PM IST
Former British PM Cameron resigns as MP with immediate effectThe 49-year-old Conservative party MP had stepped down as Prime Minister on June 24, a day after the UK voted to leave the European Union (...
12 Sep, 2016, 09.07 PM IST