Face Masks Will Be Mandatory in English Shops as PM Johnson Responds to Pressure July 14, 2020 By Thomas Penny Face coverings will be compulsory in all shops in England from July 24 as part of attempts to stop the...
A Divided Britain Must Now Seek New Identity Outside European Union January 31, 2020 By Olivia Konotey-Ahulu, Alex Morales and Thomas Penny At 10 a.m. inside Aux Merveilleux de Fred, a patisserie in the heart of London’s French quarter, the air is...
Prime Minister Johnson’s Brexit Plan Goes to Court as Latest EU Talks End in Failure September 17, 2019 By Thomas Penny Boris Johnson’s Brexit strategy has been on trial ever since he became prime minister eight weeks ago, and on Tuesday...
Prime Minister May Seeks Another Brexit Delay, Setting Up Battle With EU April 5, 2019 By Thomas Penny and Ian Wishart Prime Minister Theresa May has asked the European Union to delay Brexit until June 30, setting up a battle with...
Lengthy Brexit Delay Grows More Likely After House Speaker Torpedoes PM May’s Plans March 19, 2019 By Thomas Penny and Tim Ross Theresa May looked set to seek a long extension to the U.K.’s European Union membership after the House of Commons...
UK Prime Minister’s Brexit Deal Faces Crushing Parliamentary Defeat January 15, 2019 By Thomas Penny and Robert Hutton Prime Minister Theresa May is set to see her Brexit deal rejected in the biggest Parliamentary defeat for a British...
UK Prime Minister Defers Brexit Vote, Raising Risk of No Deal December 10, 2018 By Robert Hutton, Kitty Donaldson and Thomas Penny Theresa May is playing for time. Faced with a humiliating defeat on her Brexit deal, the embattled U.K. prime minister...
If UK Lawmakers Don’t Approve Draft Brexit Deal, What Comes Next? November 23, 2018 By Robert Hutton, Kitty Donaldson and Thomas Penny Theresa May has now presented the results of her two-year Brexit negotiation to Parliament. Next month she’s set to ask...
UK Labour Party Sees 2nd Referendum as Way to Avoid Chaotic No-Deal Brexit September 25, 2018 By Thomas Penny and Alex Morales The U.K. opposition Labour Party plans to vote down Theresa May’s divorce agreement with the European Union, and sees a...
Most UK Tories Oppose 2nd Brexit Vote; 78% of Labour Would Support It January 5, 2018 By Alex Morales and Thomas Penny The overwhelming majority of members of Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party don’t want there to be a second referendum...