For someone often derided as dull, Keir Starmer has delivered a sensational election result.

Labour leader Keir Starmer has officially become prime minister of the United Kingdom after his party won a landslide victory in a national election.

Critics say British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is dutiful, managerial and a bit dull.

Pro-Brexit, anti-immigration campaigner Nigel Farage is returning to front-line British politics.

The U.K.’s first Black female member of Parliament will be allowed to stand for the Labour Party in the upcoming general election, leader Keir Starmer says, following a fractious few days over her political future.

Britain’s lawmakers left Parliament on Friday for the last time before an election is held in six weeks.

Critics say British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is dutiful, managerial and a bit dull.

The United Kingdom will hold its first national election in five years in a country reeling from the cost-of-living crisis, the fallout from Israel-Hamas war and deep divisions over how to deal with migrants and asylum seekers crossing the English Channel from Europe on small inflatable boats.

A new Banksy mural has drawn crowds to a London street, even before the elusive graffiti artist confirmed the work was his.

Members of Britain’s opposition Labour Party are gathering for their annual conference with an unfamiliar feeling: optimism.

Rupert Murdoch stirs mixed feelings in Britain, where he transformed the media over half a century.

A lawyer defending WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has argued that promises offered by the U.S. government that he would not be subjected to harsh prison conditions if he is extradited to face American justice are not enough to address concerns about his fragile mental health and high risk of suicide.

Britain’s main opposition Labour Party is struggling to make an impact despite the many problems besetting the Conservative government.

The deputy leader of Britain’s main opposition party is refusing to apologize for calling the governing Conservatives “scum.”.

Italy and France are introducing Europe's toughest vaccine pass regimes for normal social activities like dining indoors at restaurants, visiting museums and attending sporting events.

Polling stations across Britain have opened in what are considered to be the biggest-ever set of elections outside a general election.

Britain's former opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves his home in London, Wednesday Nov. 18, 2020. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)LONDON – The leader of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party said Wednesday that he won’t readmit ex-Labour chief Jeremy Corbyn to the party’s parliamentary caucus, accusing Corbyn of weakening efforts to stamp out anti-Semitism. Labour leader Keir Starmer said his predecessor had “undermined and set back our work in restoring trust and confidence in the Labour Party’s ability to tackle anti-Semitism.”Corbyn will continue to sit in Parliament, but as an independent lawmaker. Corbyn was suspended from the party last month in the wake of a scathing report by Britain’s equalities watchdog. He said he was acting because “the (Labour Party) disciplinary process does not have the confidence of the Jewish community.”Starmer was elected in April to lead the party.

LONDON – Ex-Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said Tuesday he has been reinstated to the U.K. opposition party after a three-week suspension — a decision that touched off fury from Jewish leaders angry about anti-Semitism in Labour that flourished during his tenure. Corbyn was suspended after he said the problem of anti-Semitism in the party had been “dramatically overstated” for political reasons. His comment followed a scathing report from the U.K. equalities watchdog, which found “significant failings” and a “lack of leadership” in how the left-of-center party handled allegations of anti-Semitism among its members. The Jewish Labour Movement said it appeared Corbyn’s case had been “expedited” by a “factionally aligned political committee." “Once again we find ourselves having to remind the Labour Party that Jeremy Corbyn is not the victim of Labour anti-Semitism — Jewish members are,'' the group said.

Former party leader Jeremy Corbyn has been suspended by the party Thursday. (Labour Party via AP)LONDON – Officials in Britain's opposition Labour Party failed to stamp out anti-Semitism and committed “unlawful acts of harassment and discrimination,” the U.K. equalities watchdog said Thursday in a scathing report. Labour leader Keir Starmer promised “a culture change in the Labour Party,” saying there would be “no more denials or excuses." “It is a day of shame for the Labour Party,” Starmer said. “And you should be nowhere near the Labour Party, either.”Corbyn's allies condemned the decision to suspend him.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) annual conference at the InterContinental Hotel in London, Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. The leaders of Britains three biggest national political parties were making election pitches Monday to business leaders who are skeptical of politicians promises after years of economic uncertainty over Brexit. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn are preparing to square off in the first televised debate of this year's election campaign. The hour-long encounter Tuesday offers Corbyn a chance to make up ground in opinion polls, which show his Labour Party trailing Johnson's Conservatives. The debate will feature only two candidates after the High Court in London rejected a legal challenge from two smaller parties, the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party, over the exclusion of their leaders.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, right with the Conservative party candidate for the Mansfield constituency canvasing during a General Election campaign trail stop in Mansfield, England, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019.Britain goes to the polls on Dec.12. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)LONDON The leaders of Britains three biggest national political parties are making their pitches to business leaders, trying to persuade skeptical industries that they can end years of economic uncertainty over Brexit. Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson are all due to address a conference of the Confederation of British Industry on Monday. Johnson is set to promise business tax cuts, while Corbyn will pledge a big apprenticeships program. Swinson will say the centrist Lib Dems are the natural party of business because they back remaining in the EU as do many industries.

Fire fighters at the scene of a major fire at a student residential building in Bolton, England, late Friday Nov. 15, 2019. Fire crews tackled the large blaze described by an eye witness as "crawling up the cladding" of a student accommodation building, with occupants still being accounted for Saturday morning. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)LONDON A fire that swept through a six-story student apartment building in northern England has raised concerns that authorities failed to learn the lessons of the 2017 Grenfell Tower disaster in which 72 people died. Eyewitness reports suggest the fire, which broke out Friday evening in the town of Bolton, moved swiftly up the buildings exterior cladding, raising uncomfortable parallels to the Grenfell fire. Two people were injured in the blaze.

Britain's Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn meets former miner John Kane at the National Mining Museum at the former Lady Victoria Colliery in Newtongrange, Scotland, Thursday Nov, 14, 2019, on the General Election campaign trail. There has also been increasing concerns for British politicians personal safety since Labour Party legislator Jo Cox was stabbed to death during the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign. Chairman Martin Hewitt said all police forces will offer security briefings for candidates and will have a senior police officer responsible for handling safety issues. The advice will be distributed to all candidates as part of an information package developed by police, the Electoral Commission and prosecutors. Twenty-four prominent British writers and entertainers, including author John LeCarre and actor Simon Callow, said Friday they won't vote for Labour Party candidates because of the party's failure to combat anti-Semitism.

Johnson described Labour's broadband plan as a crackpot scheme.The telecommunications industry also greeted the plan with dismay. TechUK, which represents British technology companies, described it as fundamentally misguided. One rival, TalkTalk, said Friday that the sale of its full-fiber optic broadband business, FibreNation, has been put on hold because of the Labour announcement. BT was surprised by the announcement because Labour recently assured the company that it wasn't a candidate for nationalization, Hewson said. British Telecommunications, now known as BT, was privatized in 1984 when more than half its shares were sold to the public.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits an optician shop after flooding, in Matlock, north England, Friday Nov. 8, 2019. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)LONDON British political leaders swapped blame Saturday over floods that have drenched parts of England as the deluge became an issue in the campaign for the Dec. 12 election. Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the area on Friday, and insisted the government was investing in flood defenses. Johnson pushed for the December election taking place more than two years early in the hope of breaking Britain's political impasse over Brexit. Moody's did not lower Britain's Aa2 rating, but said the U.K. economy could be "more susceptible to shocks than previously assumed."

LONDON A former Labour Party lawmaker in Britain has urged the public to vote for Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the upcoming general election, saying that Jeremy Corbyn is "unfit" to lead the country. Ian Austin, one of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown's closest allies, told the BBC that the party has been poisoned by "anti-Jewish racism under his leadership." He says, "I just think this man is unfit to run the country." The startling interview came a day after deputy Labour leader Tom Watson, who has often clashed with Corbyn, announced he was stepping down. The two actions underscore the unease of many of Labour lawmakers with Corbyn's left-wing views and ambivalence over the European Union.

LONDON The opposition Labour Party kicked off its campaign for Britain's December general election with one overriding message Thursday: It's not just about Brexit. While the Conservatives have a wide lead in most opinion polls, analysts say the election is unpredictable because Brexit cuts across traditional party loyalties. Corbyn wants to shift the election battleground away from Brexit and onto more comfortable terrain: the many versus the few. Corbyn, a fierce critic of Trump, likely won't mind the U.S. president's intrusion but Johnson could be a different story. Speaking to Farage on radio station LBC, Trump slammed Corbyn and praised Johnson as "a fantastic man" but urged Britain's Conservative leader to make an electoral pact with Farage's Brexit Party.

After three years of Brexit impasse, an election in six weeks may break the logjam. While Johnson's Conservative Party has a wide lead in most opinion polls, analysts say the election is unpredictable because Brexit cuts across traditional party loyalties. All parties worry that that they could be hurt by voters' Brexit fatigue. This week the EU postponed Brexit until Jan. 31 because of the political gridlock in London. Labour also argues that Johnson's Brexit deal will leave the country poorer, an assessment backed by many economists.

LONDON - The chances of Britain leaving the European Union with a deal on October 31 are fading fast. It would prefer Britain to remain in the European Union but has deep misgivings about Corbyn's tax and nationalization agenda. They might hold a second referendum on Brexit, and the public could return a vote against leaving the European Union. Calling off Brexit would boost private consumption, which accounts for two thirds of the UK economy. "This will stick with the UK economy for a long time," he said.

The unanimous, strongly worded Supreme Court judgment declared the order to suspend Parliament "void and of no effect." The court found Johnson acted to limit debate on Brexit in violation of Parliament's constitutional role. The harsh tone of the court's decision, and the unanimous vote of 11 Supreme Court judges, led many to say Johnson can't carry on. She said the court's decision means Parliament was never legally suspended and is technically still sitting. The court rejected the government's assertions that the decision to suspend Parliament until Oct. 14 was routine and not related to Brexit.

A grassroots motion to "back remain now" was voted down at the Labour Party's annual conference in Brighton, a boost to party leader Jeremy Corbyn. LONDON - Britain's Labour Party is staying put on Brexit. The Labour Party would decide what it will back in a special conference held after a general election. "I do not believe this decision reflects the views of the overwhelming majority of Labour members who desperately want to stop Brexit. Labour IS a Remain party," London Mayor Sadiq Khan said in a tweet.

The British Prime Minister has been cornered by his own political missteps and parliamentary defeats. Johnson could try to bypass the super-majority hurdle by putting down a new piece of legislation that would effectively override the current election law. Johnson's minority problemThe Prime Minister lost his working parliamentary majority earlier this week when a Conservative MP dramatically defected at the start of his first speech after the summer recess. Because he, just like the Prime Minister, knows all too well that an election is Johnson's only way out. "There would be a motion for Jeremy Corbyn to be the caretaker Prime Minister, and that would fail," Dunt said.

In a third stinging defeat in two days, the House of Commons roundly dismissed the UK Prime Minister's demand for an election. Corbyn said he would support an election once legislation that would prevent a no-deal Brexit -- approved in defiance of Johnson earlier in the evening -- was enacted. One of those ejected from the party, former foreign office minister Alistair Burt, savaged Johnson in the House of Commons. "We are quite aware that we [the EU] are being used as the back drop for a Johnson election campaign," one diplomat told CNN. Johnson has declared himself determined not to take the option of a no-deal Brexit off the table, arguing that the threat of a chaotic departure makes his negotiating position stronger.

And he made good on threats he would seek a general election, tabling a motion that called for a vote mid-October. But there are still quite a few hurdles -- and risks -- for Johnson to contend with before the UK gets its third general election in less than five years. Could Johnson split the Conservative party? It's the Brexit Party rebadged." And that means getting the support of the opposition Labour Party.

LONDON - Boris Johnson's surprise decision to suspend the British parliament in the runup to the next Brexit deadline appears to have had its desired effect. Minutes earlier, another senior Conservative, George Young, resigned from the front bench in the House of Lords in protest at Johnson's suspension of Parliament. In his resignation letter, seen by CNN, he said Johnson's decision risked "undermining" the role of Parliament at a "critical time" in the country's history. Challenges to Johnson's decision were also filed in separate courts by a cross-party group of 70 MPs and peers and the prominent anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller. While it is common for governments to suspend Parliament in the run-up to a Queen's Speech, critics have been irked by the timing of Johnson's move.