Theresa May

United Kingdom

'How can UK be trusted?': ex-PM May slams Brexit plan to break treaty

The former prime minister's intervention came as the UK government admitted a new bill on post-Brexit Northern Ireland arrangements contravene international law.

08/09/2020

United Kingdom

Brexit Timeline 2016–2020: the UK’s path from referendum to EU exit

A blow-by-blow account of the UK’s tortuous route to Brexit, from the 2016 EU referendum to the present day.

30/01/2020

United Kingdom

Theresa May honours: Who did the former ¨PM give knighthoods to?

Theresa May honours: Who did the former ¨PM recognise in her resignation list?

10/09/2019

Sport

Bowled out by Brexit, former PM May honours cricket hero Geoffrey Boycott

Bowled out by Brexit, former PM May honours cricket hero Geoffrey Boycott

10/09/2019

United Kingdom

'Breakfast means breakfast': Robot waitress named after Theresa May

The real Theresa May is out of a job, but this English tearoom has a robot waitress named after the former Prime Minister.

05/08/2019

Business

How will Boris Johnson 'energise' the economy?

"The campaign is over and the work begins," - declared Boris Johnson, promising to energise the country. How will he 'energise' the economy, which has fallen from the top to the bottom of the league of G7 leading economies since the Brexit vote?

24/07/2019

United Kingdom

Sliding doors: What May and Johnson's day will look like

Both May and Johnson will head to Buckingham Palace on Wednesday — one to resign as Prime Minister and one to be anointed new British leader.

24/07/2019

United Kingdom

'I'm convinced we can do a Brexit deal,' says new UK PM Johnson

Vowing to quit the EU by October 31, he attacked the "doubters, doomsters, gloomsters" who warn over the economic impact of a no-deal Brexit.

24/07/2019

United Kingdom

Watch again: May calls for Brexit compromises in last big speech as PM

Theresa May will step down next week after her successor is announced, following a Conservative membership ballot.

17/07/2019

United Kingdom

Watch: May greets England cricket team after World Cup triumph

In a final that left fans on the edge of their seats, England drew with New Zealand but secured their victory by virtue of scoring more boundaries.

16/07/2019

World

Boris Johnson accused of throwing UK ambassador 'under the bus'

Boris Johnson in pole position to become the next UK Prime Minister and already is at the centre of a diplomatic storm. His underwhelming endorsement of Kim Darroch is believed to be a factor in Darroch's decision to resign as the British Ambassador to Washington.

11/07/2019

United Kingdom

Watch again: UK PM May thanks Darroch for 'lifetime service'

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May thanked Sir Kim Darroch for his "lifetime service" to the UK on Wednesday after the Foreign Office announced he had resigned as ambassador to the US following a diplomatic cables leak.

10/07/2019

United Kingdom

Everybody needs to play their part in climate change: May

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday took questions in Parliament at one of her last PMQs in office.

03/07/2019

World News

British PM May confronts Putin over Skripal poisoning at G20

Russia must end its"irresponsible and destabilising activity" if relations between the two countries were to improve, May told Putin during a tense meeting at the G20 summit in Japan.

28/06/2019

United Kingdom

Theresa May confronts Vladimir Putin over poisoning of former Russian spy in UK

British Prime Minister Theresa May confronted Russian President Vladimir Putin over the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in the UK last year

28/06/2019

United Kingdom

Watch: Johnson rules out role for Farage at digital hustings with Hunt

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt were answering questions from voters at a digital hustings streamed online.

26/06/2019