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British PM’s party suffers heavy losses in mid-term polls
Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative Party took a bashing Friday in mid-term local elections, capping a bad month for the government after Britain slid...
British PM denies secret deal with Murdoch
British Prime Minister David Cameron insisted Sunday he had struck no secret deals with media baron Rupert Murdoch whereby policy was traded for his...
Suspend Myanmar sanctions, say Cameron and Suu Kyi
British Prime Minister David Cameron and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi issued a joint call Friday for the suspension of sanctions against...
British PM backs US-style tax transparency
Aides to British Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday he would be happy to publish details of how much tax he pays, in what...
Cameron admits riding horse in police-tabloid row
Prime Minister David Cameron sought Friday to calm a minor domestic storm by admitting he rode a horse lent by Britain's top police force...
British press swoon as PM and Sarkozy ‘kiss and make up’
Prime Minister David Cameron received a gentle ribbing from the British press on Saturday after a cordial summit at which he backed his “friend”...
British PM meets Saudi king as Gulf tensions run high
British Prime Minister David Cameron held talks Friday with Saudi King Abdullah in Riyadh, state media reported, as tensions soar between the West and...
‘The Iron Lady’ should have been delayed
Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday "The Iron Lady" should have been delayed until after Margaret Thatcher's death, as the film showing the former...
Britain says to attend EU pact talks as ‘equals’
Britain will attend talks on a new EU pact as “equal participants” despite Prime Minister David Cameron’s veto of a planned treaty to solve...
UK isolated as Europe moves ahead on fiscal union
Europe divided on Friday in a historic rift over building a closer fiscal union to preserve the euro, with a large majority of countries,...
Two million state workers to strike in Britain
More than two million public sector workers are expected to go on strike on Wednesday in protest at changes to their pensions in the...
Woman fails to recognise David Cameron uses the Tube
British Prime Minister David Cameron is one of the most recognisable figures in Britain but the Conservative leader was surprised when he tried to...
British PM says bin Laden’s death a ‘great relief’
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday hailed news of Osama bin Laden's death, saying it would "bring great relief to people across the...