Brexit Deadline

In a win for Boris Johnson, UK set for General Election on 12 December as British MPs clear Parliament 'stasis'

The prospect of an election became more and more likely after the European Union (EU) had agreed on a three-month extension to the 31 October Brexit deadline. This meant Johnson's "do or die" pledge to leave the economic bloc by Halloween was effectively dead.

British Supreme Court rules against suspension of parliament: Order assigns greater importance to House than Queen's order

Tuesday's ruling by the UK Supreme Court, which found Boris Johnson's decision to suspend parliament unlawful, is a humiliating blow for the prime minister

UK finance minister Philip Hammond says 'will resign' if Boris Johnson becomes next prime minister

British finance minister Philip Hammond said Sunday he would make a point of resigning before Boris Johnson became prime minister, saying he could never agree to his Brexit strategy

Boxed in on Brexit: Looming deadline, deadlocked Parliament, amending Northern Ireland's 'backstop'; challenges for new British PM

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, the two candidates to be Britain's new prime minister, have both promised to deliver Brexit where Theresa May failed

Ten candidates in the running to replace Theresa May as UK's next prime minister; first round of voting today

The 10 candidates running to replace Britain's outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May face the first round of voting today.

British MPs seek new path for Brexit after Parliament repeatedly rejects deal; series of votes to find majority-backed plan to leave EU

British MPs will attempt to chart a new Brexit path on Monday after rejecting Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal for a third time, leaving her strategy in tatters and the country in limbo.

Theresa May admits to lack of support for third vote on Brexit bill; urges lawmakers to avert 12 April no-deal EU exit

UK Prime Minister Theresa May admitted that she did not have enough support to get her Brexit bill through the House of Commons in a third vote

Labour Party's Jeremy Corbyn looks to cash in on EU's rejection of UK prime minister Theresa May's Brexit plans

Most of Jeremy Corbyn's MPs and his younger supporters are in favour of the European Union, but many voters in the Labour Party's working-class heartlands back Brexit.