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Parliamentary election in Britain

World Jul 05

The challenges Keir Starmer faces as the new U.K. prime minister

By Malcolm Brabant, Trine Villemann

World Jul 04

General election in Britain
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Exit polls show Labour landslide in U.K. election, ending 14 years of Conservative rule

Exit polls in the United Kingdom show a Labour landslide with the center-left party winning a massive majority in Parliament in the first general election in nearly five years. The Conservatives' loss marks the end of 14 years in power.

By Malcolm Brabant, Dan Sagalyn, Teresa Cebrián Aranda

World Jul 03

A worker prepares to deliver election ballot boxes in Edinburgh, Scotland
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U.K. Conservatives fear losing power for a generation as polls predict Labour landslide

Britain goes to the polls Thursday for an election in which the center-left opposition Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, is expected to claim victory. The Conservatives, who’ve governed since 2010, fear a landslide victory for Labour could force them…

By Malcolm Brabant, Trine Villemann

World Dec 13

British working-class towns desert Labour Party

In every election since 1945, voters in this port in eastern England elected a Labour Party lawmaker. Until this week.

By Alex Turnbull, Jill Lawless, Associated Press

World Dec 07

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Scotland is a key battleground in Brexit-dominated election

Britain will go to the polls on Thursday in what’s being viewed as a historic election. The country voted in 2016 to leave the E.U., but Brexit opponents in Parliament have thwarted successive Conservative governments from achieving that aim. As…

By Malcolm Brabant

Nov 02

UK halts fracking ahead of election; some want permanent ban

By Gregory Katz, Associated Press

The British government announced Saturday that it will no longer allow fracking because of new scientific analysis that casts doubts on the safety of the controversial practice, but some critics called the action an election stunt and demanded a permanent…

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Political Horsetrading Ahead, Following Conservative Win in U.K. Elections

Conservative Party leader David Cameron is looking to build a governing coalition with a third political party, after failing to gain a majority of seats in the British election. Margaret Warner gets three perspectives on the negotiations that lie ahead…

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