Theresa May’s speech confirms that Brexit means being all out of the EU rather than half-way out. However, the British government is less than half way down the road to that destination, because it has not yet started to specify how it will apply the Prime Minister’s principles. Once the government gives formal...
PRIME Minister Theresa May has called for "frank and open" talks as she sets off for meetings with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and France's President Francois Hollande. Mrs May makes her first overseas visit as PM determined to maintain strong trade links with Europe once the UK leaves, and aims to deliver a...
BORIS Johnson was sensationally appointed Foreign Secretary last night as Theresa May assembled a Cabinet team to pull Britain out of the EU. In a dramatic signal of her determination to show that “Brexit means Brexit”, the new Prime Minister gave the former London Mayor and star of the Vote Leave campaign a crucial...
THERESA May has been snubbed by Barack Obama as the US President failed to call Britain’s new Prime Minister to offer his congratulations. Number 10’s newest occupant has received calls from leaders in Germany, France and Ireland but has so far heard nothing from America’s outgoing White House chief. German...
Prime Minister Theresa May will continue to form her new government later — as she begins her first full day in Downing Street. Leading Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson said he was "humbled" having been named new foreign secretary, in one of Mrs May's first cabinet appointments. Philip Hammond became...
Justice Secretary Michael Gove and Home Secretary Theresa May lead a five-way race to be the next Conservative Party leader and UK prime minister. Mr Gove was a surprise addition to the race, having been expected to back Boris Johnson, who shocked the political world by ruling himself out. Minister Andrea Leadsom, MP Liam Fox...