UK election 2017
The latest updates on the UK general election.
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May seen 21 seats short of majority in June 8 vote - YouGov
Reuters UKPrime Minister Theresa May is on track to win 305 seats in Britain's parliament in an election on Thursday, 21 seats short of a 326-seat majority, according to a projection by polling company YouGov on Monday. -
UK new car sales fall 8.5 percent in May ahead of election
British new car registrations fell 8.5 percent last month, an industry body said, blaming the decline on the run-up to this week's national election and the effect of an April tax hike which boosted demand earlier in the year. -
UK PM Theresa May makes a statement following the attacks in London over the weekend. She said that the national security threat remains at severs, that police have put additional security measures in places and that it is now clear that the victims came from a number of different countries. -
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Violent attacks on civilians are designed to sow division. Troublingly, the multiple murders by militants in London’s city centre on Saturday night come at a time when Britain is already deeply fractured along economic, geographic and demographic lines. That shows why Prime Minister Theresa May’s repeated pledge to make Britain “strong and stable” ahead of Thursday’s election resonates, but also why it is so hard to deliver.
Read John Foley's latest commentary on the UK election. -
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Trump accuses London Mayor Khan of 'pathetic excuse' over attack statement
Reuters UKU.S. President Donald Trump accused London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Monday of making a "pathetic excuse" over one of his comments in the wake of the attack that killed seven people in London. -
Reuters columnist Peter Apps, who lives near Borough Market, looks at how British civilians -- and the security establishment -- are responding to the latest London attacks.Commentary: Calm down, America. Attacks won't break Britain.
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Sturgeon sees independence from UK by 2025 - ITV
Reuters UKScottish leader Nicola Sturgeon said she expects Scotland to become independent from the United Kingdom by 2025 in an interview published on Monday. -
May plans global network of trade commissioners post-Brexit
Reuters UKBritish Prime Minister Theresa May plans to set up a network of nine trade commissioners around the world to boost trade after Brexit, her governing Conservative Party said on Monday. -
UK consumer stumbles in May as surveys show spending squeezed
Reuters UKBritish shoppers kept a tighter grip on their credit cards last month as they felt growing pressure from rising inflation, new figures showed just two days before they vote on whether to keep Prime Minister Theresa May in power. -
Rude Britannia: Mysterious effigy of UK PM May says 'up yours' to Europe
Reuters UKA giant scaffold bearing the image of British Prime Minister Theresa May appeared on the cliffs of Dover on Monday, complete with a Union Flag skirt and a rude hand gesture indicating to the rest of Europe that it should go away. -
EU banks on 'bloody difficult' May for Brexit talks
Reuters UKEU leaders hope Theresa May is re-elected on Thursday, ideally with a bigger majority, even though the British prime minister has said this would help her drive a harder bargain on Brexit. -
Conservatives see poll lead narrow to 1 point - Survation
Reuters UKBritish Prime Minister Theresa May's lead over the opposition Labour Party ahead of Thursday's national election has narrowed to just 1 percentage point, according to a poll by Survation for ITV television on Monday. -
Two days from election, May's record on security in focus after attack
Reuters UKTwo days from a parliamentary election that has been upended by a van and knife attack that killed seven people in the heart of London, Prime Minister Theresa May's record on security dominated the campaign agenda on Tuesday. -
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Factbox - UK opinion polls: countdown to Thursday's election
Reuters UKWith two days to go until Britain holds a national election, opinion polls have shown that Prime Minister Theresa May's lead over the opposition Labour party has ebbed over the last three weeks, with some putting her majority into doubt. -
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May seen 22 seats short of majority in June 8 vote - YouGov
Reuters UKPrime Minister Theresa May is on track to win 304 seats in Britain's parliament in an election on Thursday, 22 seats short of a 326-seat majority, according to a daily projection by polling company YouGov published on Tuesday. -
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10:28 AM - 06 Jun 2017
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Farm visit done, we're back on the road. They discussed #Brexit and farming subsidies, apparently. #GE2017 https://t.co/736F62XrjQ
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Third London attacker was Moroccan-Italian - Italy intelligence source
Reuters UKThe third Islamist militant who carried out an attack on Saturday in London that killed seven people was a Moroccan-Italian called Youssef Zaghba, an Italian intelligence source said on Tuesday.
At least 18 protesters killed in Myanmar in worst violence since coup
Myanmar police fired on protesters around the country on Sunday and at least 18 people were killed in the worst violence since a Feb. 1 military coup, the United Nations said, calling on the international community to act to stop the repression.