By Elizabeth Piper
LONDON (Reuters) - Frustrated at his inability to get a clear message across to British voters, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called an election on Wednesday from a position of weakness.
Sunak, 44, heads into the election far behind the opposition Labour Party in opinion polls and increasingly dependent on a small team of advisers to steer him through what is set to be an ugly campaign.
He is struggling to... (continue reading...)
By Elizabeth Piper and Andrew MacAskill
LONDON (Reuters) - In 2021, Keir Starmer considered resigning as leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party after it suffered a humiliating local election defeat to the governing Conservatives.
Three years later the 61-year-old former lawyer is poised to become prime minister, according to opinion polls that give him a lead of around 20 points, having healed many of the divisions in his party and... (continue reading...)
By Elizabeth Piper, Andrew MacAskill and William James
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a national election on Wednesday, naming July 4 as the date for a vote his governing Conservatives are widely expected to lose to the opposition Labour Party after 14 years in power.
Ending months of speculation as to when he would call a new poll, Sunak, 44, stood outside his Downing Street office and announced he was... (continue reading...)
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will hold a national election on July 4 which opinion polls suggest will end 14 years of Conservative Party-led government, spanning one of the more turbulent periods in the country's post-World War Two political history.
Below are the defining moments of the Conservatives' four terms in power - under five different prime ministers - since 2010:
2010 ELECTION RESULTS IN HUNG PARLIAMENT
The... (continue reading...)
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called a national election for July 4, sending voters to the polls to choose a new government after a tumultuous 14 years of Conservative Party rule.
Below are some of the key issues Britain faces as it decides who should run the country:
ECONOMY
More than two years of high inflation hit voters' living standards hard and although wages are now growing faster than... (continue reading...)
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