Government of the United Kingdom

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is fighting for his political survival after two of his top ministers attacked his leadership and resigned.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces two high-stakes encounters in parliament on July 6 after his government was rocked by the shock departures of two senior ministers.

Britain is ramping up a feud with the European Union by pressing on with a plan to rip up parts of the post-Brexit trade deal it signed with the bloc.

Legislation that rewrites trade rules for Northern Ireland was scheduled to get its first major House of Commons debate yesterday, the first step on what could be a rocky journey through parliament.

Britain vowed Wednesday it would pursue its controversial policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda after a first flight was cancelled following a legal ruling, in an embarrassing blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government.

An investigative report released Wednesday blamed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other senior leaders for allowing boozy government parties that broke the U.K.'s COVID-19 lockdown rules, and while Johnson said he took "full responsibility" for the breaches, he insisted he would not resign.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday he paid a fine from police for attending a lockdown-breaching birthday party in his official residence, making him the first British leader to be sanctioned for breaking the law while in office.

Important legislation remains blocked in parliament as the opposition strains every muscle to force an early general election.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered four staff defections on Thursday as pressure intensified on the embattled leader over lockdown parties and his loose-lipped style of politics.

One of the departures was linked to an inflammatory remark made by Johnson, attacking opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer over a notorious paedophile.

"You know, we haven't analyzed his statements for a long time. In my opinion, he has already lost touch with reality," the minister commented on the words of the Secretary General of the Alliance that NATO's military presence on the east wing could be strengthen.

"Great Britain needs the cooperation of France to try to prevent the passage of refugees across the English Channel", British Minister of Health, Sajid Javid, said today, defending the position expressed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a letter sent to the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.