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Conservative leadership contenders have clashed over Brexit as the race to succeed Theresa May in No 10 begins. Health Secretary Matt Hancock, the fifth Tory to enter the race, said Mrs May's successor must be more "brutally honest" about the "trade-offs" required to get a deal through Parliament.more

Two-thirds of Brits support the Friday announcement of Theresa May to resign from the position of the head of the Conservative Party and the Prime Minister of Great Britain. more

The Green Party are set to be the big winners in the local and European elections, according to a Red C exit poll for RTÉ released this evening after the polls closed.more

The Liberal Democrats have begun the process of choosing their next leader. The party's current leader, Sir Vince Cable, announced in March that he would step down after the local elections.more

A new prime minister will be in Downing Street by the end of July, according to the Conservative Party. A statement from the party's chairman and the backbench 1922 Committee said nominations for the leadership would close in the week starting 10 June.more

Theresa May's resignation puts Brexit in a new phase that may be "very dangerous for Ireland", Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar has said. Mr Varadkar said the PM's departure could lead to the election of a "Eurosceptic" prime minister.more

Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to take over from Theresa May as prime minister, has said he is prepared to take the UK out of the EU with no-deal.more

Jeremy Corbyn gave a damning indictment of Theresa May's premiership as he called for an "immediate general election" following her resignation. more

BREXIT negotiator Guy Verhofstadt claims Britain's EU divorce attempts have deterred similar movements in other countries to leave the bloc.more

Theresa May has said she will quit as Conservative leader on 7 June, paving the way for a contest to decide a new prime minister. In an emotional statement in Downing St, she said she had "done my best" to honour the 2016 EU referendum result.more

Voting has begun as Ireland chooses members of the European Parliament as well as new local councillors.more

Boris Johnson lied when he repeatedly claimed during the 2016 referendum on EU membership that the UK sent £350m a week to Brussels, lawyers attempting to launch a private prosecution of the MP have told a court.more

Nigel Farage was reportedly trapped on his Brexit Party bus today after being approached by men "armed with milkshakes".more

Vladimir Putin is unlikely to watch a new BBC comedy chat show hosted by a cartoon version of the Russian leader as he "does not look at caricatures" of himself, the Kremlin said Thursday.more

Theresa May's Brexit withdrawal bill will not be published or debated until early June, the government says.more

"The Times" report that the British Prime Minister Theresa May is preparing to quit her position after latest cabinet mutiny over her Brexit proposal.more

The British and European Union citizens living permanently in Great Britain vote today in the European Parliament elections. Elections take place less than three years after the Brexit referendum.more

Andrea Leadsom has resigned as the leader of the House of Commons, saying she no longer believed the government's approach would deliver Brexit.more

Prime minister's last-ditch attempt to win backing for her repackaged offer is met with derision on front pages.more

US President Donald Trump is to visit Ireland on 5 June, the White House has confirmed. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Mr Trump will hold a bilateral meeting in Shannon when he arrives.more

More than half of Americans believe the US will go to war with Iran "within the next few years," according to a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll. Fewer than 40% approve of President Donald Trump's handling of the crisis.more

European Council President Donald Tusk urged Londoners to vote for his former Polish Finance Minister Jan-Vincent Rostowski, who is standing for Change UK in the European election.more

The prime minister has set out her new Brexit bill in a "last chance" bid to get it through Parliament.more

People who help foreign states spy on Britain could face prosecution for treason as part of crackdown to combat Russian-style aggression against the UK, Sajid Javid said yesterday.more

The Brexit Party is surging ahead in the European elections polls - with four times as many votes as the Tories.more