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Prime Minister Liz Truss delivers her resignation speech as her husband, Hugh O'Leary, stands nearby at Downing Street in London on Thursday. Truss has been prime minister for just 44 days.

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The U.K. will have 5 prime ministers in just 6 years. What's gone wrong?

4:27pm October 20, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

With yet another prime minister's resignation, the British government's 10 Downing Street looks like a revolving door. Analysts blame polarization, populism, a flawed system and poor leadership.

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Jo Johnson, brother of Britain's prime minister, Boris Johnson, resigned from Parliament and his brother's Cabinet on Thursday.

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Boris Johnson's Brother Resigns From U.K. Parliament Over Brexit

3:12pm September 05, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Jo Johnson said he was "torn between family loyalty and the national interest."

"I think Mexico will step up and do what they should have done," President Trump said at a press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May after a meeting with her at 10 Downing Street.

Mexico Tariffs Likely To Take Effect Next Week, Trump Vows In London

4:52pm June 04, 2019

by Philip Ewing

The president said at a press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May that new economic restrictions would begin to bite, possibly even during negotiations between the two sides.

Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation outside No. 10 Downing St. in London on Friday.

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U.K.'s Theresa May Resigns Acknowledging Failure To Deliver Brexit

7:34am May 25, 2019

by Frank Langfitt

Theresa May's term as prime minister has been one misstep after another, starting with calling an early election that left her weakened and without support to negotiate the U.K.'s exit from the E.U.

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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May walks out 10 Downing street in London on Wednesday. She announced that if her Brexit deal is approved by Parliament, she will step down from her post.

Theresa May Agrees To Quit If Brexit Deal Passes In UK Parliament

3:17pm March 27, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

Members of May's own party had urged her step aside — a move that would clear the way for a new Conservative leader to steer through the next phases of the U.K.'s departure from the EU.

British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves after addressing a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels on Friday.

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U.K. Gets Brief Extension To Withdraw From EU As 'Cliff-Edge' Date Delayed

9:31am March 22, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

European Union leaders gave the country two different deadlines, depending on whether U.K. lawmakers can agree on a path forward. One deadline is in two months; the other in two weeks.

Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, speaks to reporters on Wednesday in Brussels. He told British Prime Minister Theresa May that an extension for withdrawal from the EU is possible, but with a caveat.

On The Brink Of Brexit, PM Theresa May Pushes For Extension With EU Support

6:50pm March 20, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

The European Council President said a delay of three months is possible. But U.K. lawmakers would have to approve terms of separation that May has already unsuccessfully proposed to them.

Anti-Brexit activists hold placards and wave flags as they demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in London on Tuesday, ahead of a crucial vote on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal.

U.K. Parliament Rejects Theresa May's Brexit Plan Yet Again

5:17pm March 12, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

The vote was the prime minister's second chance to gain approval of the terms she struck with the EU for the U.K.'s exit on March 29. Parliament will now vote on whether to leave without any deal.

Anti-Brexit demonstrators react after the results of the vote on British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal were announced in Parliament square in London on Tuesday. British lawmakers have rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal by a huge

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U.K. Parliament Rejects Theresa May's Brexit Deal In Pivotal Vote

4:59pm January 15, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

Lawmakers resoundingly said no to the prime minister's proposed agreement with the European Union. With the deadline for Brexit just 10 weeks away, what happens now is anyone's guess.

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves No. 10 Downing St. to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session on Wednesday.

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What To Know About The No-Confidence Vote Facing British Prime Minister Theresa May

6:16pm December 12, 2018

by Frank Langfitt

Britain's prime minister faces a no-confidence vote in Parliament on Wednesday evening. Why do members of her own party want to sack her?