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Will protect steelmakers from energy costs: UK PM Boris Johnson

"We have a system in the UK where we don't privilege our industry in the way that some other countries do," Johnson told broadcasters

UK Conservatives lose seats, dealing blow to PM Boris Johnson

The losses suggest the broad appeal Johnson presented to win the 2019 election may be fracturing

More from British PM's party voice call for him to resign over partygate

The total number of openly critical MPs has risen to 26 since the publication of an inquiry report into Covid lockdown law-breaking parties at Downing Street by top civil servant Sue Gray last week

Blow to German Chancellor as conservatives win key state with 35.7% votes

Figures published by public broadcaster WDR forecast the Christian Democrats making small gains in the North Rhine-Westphalia state election to take 35.7 per cent of the vote

UK: Fresh allegations against Boris Johnson in lockdown birthday party row

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing allegations in the ongoing partygate scandal as details emerged of a surprise birthday cake party organised for him at the peak of the first lockdown

British Indians could be key swing voters if snap election held in UK: Rpt

British Indians demonstrate a modest preference for the Labour Party, but the latter's historical advantage has eroded

Boris Johnson announces plans to raise minimum wage by 6.2% from April

A 6.2-per cent increase from April takes the so-called national living wage for workers aged 25 and over from £8.21 to a minimum £8.72 ($10.79 to $11.52, 9.63 euros to 10.27 euros).

Priti Patel, Alok Sharma, Rishi Sunak in Boris Johnson's 'people's cabinet'

The newly-elected MPs and ministers returned to the House of Commons on Tuesday

UK election: Voters flock to polling station to determine Brexit's fate

The snap election had been called by Johnson in a bid to win a majority for his Conservative Party and get his Brexit deal through Parliament.

Pound slips as Johnson's Conservative Party seen getting only a narrow lead

Investors were also focusing on whether US President Donald Trump will impose tariffs on nearly $160 billion worth of Chinese consumer goods from December 15.

Can Jeremy Corbyn pull off an upset? He has one last election hope left

However simplistic or misleading, Johnson's message may prove too appealing to an electorate that's tired of Brexit, and wary of what Corbyn is selling

Google takes down UK Conservative Party YouTube ad with BBC material

British political parties are pushing the boundaries of internet campaigning in the upcoming general election

Boris Johnson loses majority after lawmaker defects to Liberal Democrats

Downing Street has indicated that Johnson is prepared to go for a motion for a general election around October 14 in retaliation

May and Leadsom to fight all-women contest for British prime minister

Grassroots Conservatives across the country will now vote to decide whether May or Leadsom becomes Britain's first woman prime minister since Margaret Thatcher was forced from office in 1990