Mick O'Reilly, Foreign Correspondent

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The UK’s future begins today

Labour’s historic victory confines 14 years of Conservative rule to the history books

Keir Starmer, UK prime minister, after delivering the first speech of his premiership, following the general election, outside 10 Downing Street in London, UK, on Friday, July 5, 2024.

‘Now is the moment for Britain to choose its future’

UK PM Rishi Sunak decides time is right to call for a general election on July 4

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

Time running out for Sunak and Tory government

UK council elections are a damning verdict on the PM and his Conservative government

Rishi Sunak, UK Prime Minister

Northern Ireland’s outrageous political spectacle

At last the people of Northern Ireland get the government they deserve. Or don’t

The UK government has set out new post-Brexit trade arrangements between Northern Ireland, the rest of the UK and the European Union (EU)

The writing’s on the wall for UK Tories

There is little Sunak can do to stop a massive general election loss come November

The Conservative Party, under the leadership of UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, is characterized by internal divisions among rival factions, significantly diminishing their prospects for re-election

Has the EU reached breaking point?

Hungary is holding out against the 26 other EU nations over an aid package to Ukraine

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban

From Pandemic to Policy: Unpacking Johnson’s legacy

Public inquiry determined to get to the truth about how the UK responded to Covid-19

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives evidence at the COVID-19 Inquiry, in London, Britain, December 7, 2023 in this screen grab obtained from a handout video. UK Covid-19 Inquiry

How serious are Europeans about turning right?

Far-right candidate in the Netherlands was the biggest winner in recent general election

Dutch far-right politician and leader of the PVV party Geert Wilders reacts as he meets the press as Dutch parties' lead candidates meet after elections, in which far-right politician Geert Wilders booked major gains, to begin coalition talks in The Hague, Netherlands

Spain’s political landscape faces turmoil

Pedro Sanchez secures another term but at the cost of a highly divisive amnesty bill

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez takes the oath of office during a ceremony at Zarzuela Palace in Madrid, Spain November 17, 2023

The way we treat refugees says so much about us

Suella Braverman has been finally fired. Her negative influence, however, will remain

Suella Braverman has been dismissed following her statement that homelessness is a matter of personal lifestyle preference

Somehow, the UK managed to survive Covid

Coronavirus inquiry has detailed a chaotic government barely capable of functioning

The investigation into COVID-19 reveals disorder within Boris Johnson's administration in the UK

When the UK government is meaner, not greener

Sunak is desperate for support that will limit Conservative losses in general election

The Conservative government of Rishi Sunak is in full panic mode. As things stand now, the Conservatives are trailing the opposition Labour party by at least 15 points in the polls.

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