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Four UK's Members of Parliament (MPs) have asked the British government to make it a priority to strengthen trade relations with India after Brexit. During a debate on Thursday in Westminster Hall of Parliament on Commonwealth Trade, Jake Berry, a Conservative party MP led calls to focus on India as the UK exits the European Union (EU).

More than 100 MPs appear to have snubbed an invitation to celebrate Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election win, local press reports say. All 290

LONDON - Theresa May has finally announced the date of the "meaningful vote" on Brexit, the momentous day in Parliament when MPs will approve or reject the deal she has spent the last two years negotiating in Brussels. Here's what is set to happen next. 1. The government this week published a business motion confirming…

Prime Minister Theresa May has pulled a vote on her Brexit deal, throwing the UK's plan to leave the European Union into chaos after she admitted she did not have the votes to get it through parliament. MPs could now have to wait until January 21, 2019 to vote on the government's beleaguered deal, May announced in the House of…

Image copyright Getty Images The UK faces a "constitutional crisis" if Theresa May does not publish the full legal advice on her Brexit deal on Monday, Labour has warned. The PM says the advice is confidential. but some MPs think ministers do not want to admit it says the UK could be indefinitely tied to…

Forty-eight MPs have lodged formal letters of no confidence to trigger the spill, but to push her out requires 159 votes. If her opponents win, a longer process kicks off to elect a new leader. Cabinet ministers have publicly rallied around the besieged Mrs May, but a number of her ministerial colleagues and former colleagues…

The Supreme Court delivered two judgments yesterday, i.e., passed a verdict on the disqualification of MPs and MLAs against whom a charge-sheet has been filed and dismissed a plea seeking to bar lawmakers from practising in courts of law across India. The SC is set to deliver four more key judgments today, including the constitutional validity of Aadhaar.

MPs may have to wait until 12 March for a meaningful vote on the government's final Brexit deal, Theresa May has said in an intervention that will deepen splits in her cabinet. The prime minister confirmed on Sunday that she would not hold the vote this week as she flew to Sharm El Sheikh in…