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Britain's Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer with newly elected East Midlands mayor Claire Ward during a visit to Forest Town Arena in Mansfield, England, Saturday May 4, 2024. (Jacob King/PA via AP)

Results from London show that Labour’s Sadiq Khan will secure a record third term as mayor

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Sadiq Khan makes a speech as he is re-elected for a record third time as Mayor of London, following the counting of votes, at City Hall in London, Saturday, May 4, 2024. Khan, the Labour Party's Mayor of London, has romped to victory, securing a record third straight term at City Hall, on another hugely disappointing day for the U.K.'s governing Conservatives ahead of a looming general election. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Labour’s Sadiq Khan reelected as London mayor as UK’s ruling Conservatives face more electoral pain

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Newly elected British Labour MP Chris Webb, right, with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer celebrating at Blackpool Cricket Club, England, Friday May 3, 2024 after being declared winner in the Blackpool South by-election. The by-election was triggered after the resignation of Scott Benton. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

U.K.’s Conservatives set for historic losses in local polls as Labour urges general election

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, in London, on May 25, 2022. Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was turned away from a polling station after forgetting to bring a photo ID to vote in the U.K.’s local elections. British media reported Friday that Johnson, who introduced the requirement for voters to provide photo ID when he was in office, was told by polling station staff in South Oxfordshire Thursday that he would not be able to vote without proving his identity. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting photo ID

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Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives at the COVID Inquiry at Dorland House in London, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. Sunak was Chancellor of the Exchequer during the pandemic and is likely to be questioned about the impact of his policies such as the Eat Out to Help Out scheme had on the spread of the outbreak. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Tough week for Rishi Sunak as he faces grilling on COVID decisions and revolt over Rwanda plan

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Britain's former Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at the Covid-19 Inquiry in London, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire/PA via AP)

Ex-U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson to defend his record in high-stakes grilling at COVID inquiry

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Britain's prime Minister Boris Johnson, centre, Chief Medical Officer for England Chris Whitty, left, and Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance speak hold a press conference at Downing Street on the government's coronavirus action plan in London, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Johnson, the former British prime minister, struggled to come to grips with much of the science during the coronavirus pandemic, according to his then chief scientific advisor. In keenly awaited testimony Monday, Nov. 20, 2023 to the country’s public inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic, Patrick Vallance said he and others faced repeated problems getting Johnson to understand the science. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool, File)

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson ‘bamboozled’ by science, COVID-19 inquiry told

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Former chief adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings arrives to give a statement to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry at Dorland House in London, Tuesday Oct. 31, 2023. Cummings, who was the prime minister's chief adviser during the first months of the pandemic in 2020, follows other aides who have painted a picture of Johnson as a leader who was distracted and indecisive during the country’s biggest peacetime crisis. (James Manning/PA via AP)

Boris Johnson’s former top aide is withering about U.K. government during COVID-19 pandemic inquiry

By Jill Lawless and Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Britain's Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media Nadine Dorries leaves 10 Downing Street following a cabinet meeting where the cabinet were given details of the Spring Statement by the Rishi Sunak Chancellor of the Exchequer in London, on March 23, 2022. British Conservative lawmaker Nadine Dorries finally stepped down from Parliament on Saturday Aug. 26, 2023, more than two months after announcing she was quitting in the wake of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s resignation from Parliament. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Boris Johnson ally Nadine Dorries quits Britain’s Parliament after months of delay

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Votes are counted at Selby Leisure Centre in Selby, North Yorkshire, England, Thursday, July 20, 2023, in the Selby and Ainsty by-election, called following the resignation of incumbent MP Nigel Adams. Voters went to the polls Thursday in three electoral districts of England, with the governing Conservative Party braced for a drubbing over a cost-of-living crisis and a morale-sapping string of political scandals. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)

Sunak’s Conservatives suffer 2 big defeats but avoid a wipeout in trio of U.K. special elections

By Jill Lawless and Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Britain's Minister of State for Environment and International Development Zac Goldsmith arrives for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. A British environment minister who is close to former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has quit and accused the current government of apathy towards climate issues. Zac Goldsmith said Friday, June 30, 2023, that he could no longer do his job because Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is “simply uninterested” in the environment. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, file)

Boris Johnson ally quits U.K. government with a blast at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, in London, on May 25, 2022. Britain’s House of Commons is likely to endorse a report that found Johnson lied to lawmakers about lockdown-flouting parties in his office. That would be a humiliating censure that would strip the former prime minister of his lifetime access to Parliament. Lawmakers on Monday, June 19, 2023, will debate a report by the Privileges Committee that found Johnson in contempt of Parliament, and are expected to approve its findings. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

U.K. lawmakers likely to back a scathing report that slammed Boris Johnson over ‘partygate’

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures during a coronavirus media briefing in Downing Street, London, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament about the lockdown-flouting parties that undermined his credibility and contributed to his downfall, a committee of lawmakers said Thursday, June 15, 2023, after a yearlong investigation. (Jack Hill, Pool Photo via AP, File)

Scathing report finds Boris Johnson deliberately misled U.K. Parliament over ‘partygate’

By Danica Kirka and Sylvia Hui - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session at parliament in London, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament about the lockdown-flouting parties that undermined his credibility and contributed to his downfall, a committee of lawmakers said Thursday, June 15, 2023 after a year-long investigation. AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

5 key takeaways from ‘partygate’ report that found Boris Johnson deliberately misled UK Parliament

By Sylvia Hui - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session at parliament in London, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. He was the mayor who reveled in the glory of hosting the 2012 London Olympics, and the man who led the Conservatives to a whopping election victory on the back of his mission to “get Brexit done.” But Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister was marred by his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and a steady stream of ethics allegations. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

What to know as the falls of Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon roil UK politics

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Then-Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts while leading a virtual news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street in central London on Jan. 26, 2021. Former U.K. Prime Minister Johnson says he’s quitting as a lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament. Johnson quit on Friday, June 9, 2023, after receiving the results of an investigation by lawmakers over misleading statements he made to Parliament about a slew of gatherings in government that breached pandemic lockdown rules. (Justin Tallis/Pool via AP, File)

U.K. parliamentary committee to conclude Boris Johnson ‘partygate’ inquiry

By Sylvia Hui - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to 10 Downing Street after meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. Former U.K. Prime Minister Johnson says he’s quitting as a lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament. Johnson quit on Friday, June 9, 2023 after receiving the results of an investigation by lawmakers over misleading statements he made to Parliament about a slew of gatherings in government that breached pandemic lockdown rules.(AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Boris Johnson’s bombshell exit from Parliament leaves U.K. politics reeling

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Boris Johnson leaves his house in London, on March 22, 2023. Several dozen allies of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson received honors from King Charles III on Friday June 9, 2023, a list that drew cries of cronyism from opponents of the ousted leader. “Resignation honors,” bestowed by the monarch but chosen by the government, are an established but contentious way for departing leaders to reward loyal lieutenants. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

Boris Johnson quits as U.K lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Boris Johnson leaves his house in London, on March 22, 2023. Several dozen allies of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson received honors from King Charles III on Friday June 9, 2023, a list that drew cries of cronyism from opponents of the ousted leader. “Resignation honors,” bestowed by the monarch but chosen by the government, are an established but contentious way for departing leaders to reward loyal lieutenants. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

Boris Johnson rewards allies, and a hairdresser, with honors as critics cry foul

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, right, takes a photo of a Nigeria Naval worship with his phone camera, during a visit to the Nigeria Navy at the Naval dockyard in Lagos, Nigeria Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. The British government is facing a Thursday deadline to hand over a sheaf of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s personal messages to the country’s COVID-19 pandemic inquiry. (AP Photo/ Sunday Alamba, File)

Why are people in Britain talking about Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages?

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press