UK election 2017

The latest updates on the UK general election.

3rd & 7 37yd

Conservatives' lead of 11 points in ICM poll compares with lead of 12 points a week ago - Guardian

by oli.rahman 6/5/2017 9:12:47 AM
May seen 21 seats short of majority in June 8 vote - YouGov
Reuters UKPrime Minister Theresa May is on track to win 305 seats in Britain's parliament in an election on Thursday, 21 seats short of a 326-seat majority, according to a projection by polling company YouGov on Monday.

by megan.revell 6/5/2017 9:26:45 AM
UK new car sales fall 8.5 percent in May ahead of election
British new car registrations fell 8.5 percent last month, an industry body said, blaming the decline on the run-up to this week's national election and the effect of an April tax hike which boosted demand earlier in the year.

by oli.rahman 6/5/2017 9:33:49 AM
UK PM Theresa May makes a statement following the attacks in London over the weekend. She said that the national security threat remains at severs, that police have put additional security measures in places and that it is now clear that the victims came from a number of different countries.

by jamillah.knowles 6/5/2017 9:51:13 AM
Theresa May says that counter terrorism policing budgets have been protected.

by jamillah.knowles 6/5/2017 9:51:34 AM
May says could not have imagined Manchester and London attacks

by megan.revell 6/5/2017 10:22:07 AM
by megan.revell 6/5/2017 10:22:14 AM
Theresa May's spokeswoman says that the government is working closely with police on election security and that robust plans have been in place for weeks.

by jamillah.knowles 6/5/2017 10:23:17 AM
UK will take back control of money, borders and law after EU exit- May

by megan.revell 6/5/2017 10:29:39 AM
May reiterates need for 'best Brexit deal'

by megan.revell 6/5/2017 10:30:28 AM
May says we need to review terrorism strategy, increase sentences

by megan.revell 6/5/2017 10:44:44 AM
ICYMI: PM Theresa May resumes campaigning for the general election with a speech at the Royal United Services Institute in Whitehall.

by megan.revell 6/5/2017 11:00:45 AM
Corbyn calls on May to resign for presiding over police staffing cuts - Press Association

by megan.revell 6/5/2017 11:09:29 AM
Corbyn says May should never have cut police numbers - Sky

by megan.revell 6/5/2017 11:17:28 AM
Violent attacks on civilians are designed to sow division. Troublingly, the multiple murders by militants in London’s city centre on Saturday night come at a time when Britain is already deeply fractured along economic, geographic and demographic lines. That shows why Prime Minister Theresa May’s repeated pledge to make Britain “strong and stable” ahead of Thursday’s election resonates, but also why it is so hard to deliver.

Read John Foley's latest commentary on the UK election.

by jamillah.knowles 6/5/2017 1:06:04 PM
by jamillah.knowles 6/5/2017 1:34:56 PM
Trump accuses London Mayor Khan of 'pathetic excuse' over attack statement
Reuters UKU.S. President Donald Trump accused London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Monday of making a "pathetic excuse" over one of his comments in the wake of the attack that killed seven people in London.

by jamillah.knowles 6/5/2017 2:11:24 PM
Reuters columnist Peter Apps, who lives near Borough Market, looks at how British civilians -- and the security establishment -- are responding to the latest London attacks.
Commentary: Calm down, America. Attacks won't break Britain.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-apps-london-commentary-idUSKBN18W2G8

by Arlene Getz 6/5/2017 8:17:46 PM
Sturgeon sees independence from UK by 2025 - ITV
Reuters UKScottish leader Nicola Sturgeon said she expects Scotland to become independent from the United Kingdom by 2025 in an interview published on Monday.

by Reuters_LindaNoakes 6/6/2017 6:29:32 AM
May plans global network of trade commissioners post-Brexit
Reuters UKBritish Prime Minister Theresa May plans to set up a network of nine trade commissioners around the world to boost trade after Brexit, her governing Conservative Party said on Monday.

by Reuters_LindaNoakes 6/6/2017 6:30:21 AM
UK consumer stumbles in May as surveys show spending squeezed
Reuters UKBritish shoppers kept a tighter grip on their credit cards last month as they felt growing pressure from rising inflation, new figures showed just two days before they vote on whether to keep Prime Minister Theresa May in power.

by Reuters_LindaNoakes 6/6/2017 6:30:41 AM
Rude Britannia: Mysterious effigy of UK PM May says 'up yours' to Europe
Reuters UKA giant scaffold bearing the image of British Prime Minister Theresa May appeared on the cliffs of Dover on Monday, complete with a Union Flag skirt and a rude hand gesture indicating to the rest of Europe that it should go away.

by Reuters_LindaNoakes 6/6/2017 6:31:17 AM
EU banks on 'bloody difficult' May for Brexit talks
Reuters UKEU leaders hope Theresa May is re-elected on Thursday, ideally with a bigger majority, even though the British prime minister has said this would help her drive a harder bargain on Brexit.

by Reuters_LindaNoakes 6/6/2017 6:31:36 AM
Conservatives see poll lead narrow to 1 point - Survation
Reuters UKBritish Prime Minister Theresa May's lead over the opposition Labour Party ahead of Thursday's national election has narrowed to just 1 percentage point, according to a poll by Survation for ITV television on Monday.

by Reuters_LindaNoakes 6/6/2017 6:58:10 AM
Two days from election, May's record on security in focus after attack
Reuters UKTwo days from a parliamentary election that has been upended by a van and knife attack that killed seven people in the heart of London, Prime Minister Theresa May's record on security dominated the campaign agenda on Tuesday.

by Reuters_LindaNoakes 6/6/2017 6:58:15 AM
by oli.rahman 6/6/2017 7:18:38 AM
Factbox - UK opinion polls: countdown to Thursday's election
Reuters UKWith two days to go until Britain holds a national election, opinion polls have shown that Prime Minister Theresa May's lead over the opposition Labour party has ebbed over the last three weeks, with some putting her majority into doubt.

by Reuters_LindaNoakes 6/6/2017 8:50:59 AM
JUST IN: Conservatives likely to be 22 seats short of majority - YouGov election model

by Reuters_LindaNoakes 6/6/2017 9:07:26 AM
May seen 22 seats short of majority in June 8 vote - YouGov
Reuters UKPrime Minister Theresa May is on track to win 304 seats in Britain's parliament in an election on Thursday, 22 seats short of a 326-seat majority, according to a daily projection by polling company YouGov published on Tuesday.

by Reuters_LindaNoakes 6/6/2017 9:24:44 AM
Third London attacker was Moroccan-Italian called Youssef Zaghba - Corriere Dellar Sera website

by megan.revell 6/6/2017 10:00:10 AM
Zaghba was stopped in Italy in 2016 trying to go to Syria, Italian authorities tipped off UK about his movements - Corriere Dellar Sera

by megan.revell 6/6/2017 10:01:31 AM
Italian intelligence source confirms third London attacker has Italian mother and Moroccan father

by megan.revell 6/6/2017 10:01:57 AM
British police say third London Bridge attacker Youssef Zaghba believed to be an Italian national of Moroccan descent

by jamillah.knowles 6/6/2017 10:55:09 AM
British police say Youssef Zaghba was not a police or MI5 subject of interest.

by jamillah.knowles 6/6/2017 10:56:08 AM
Prime Minister Theresa May campaigns in Berkshire.

by megan.revell 6/6/2017 10:56:46 AM
William James
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Next stop, a farm in North Wales #ge2017 https://t.co/2o6qWMSOMz
10:28 AM - 06 Jun 2017
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by jamillah.knowles 6/6/2017 10:59:24 AM
William James
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Farm visit done, we're back on the road. They discussed #Brexit and farming subsidies, apparently. #GE2017 https://t.co/736F62XrjQ
12:01 PM - 06 Jun 2017
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by jamillah.knowles 6/6/2017 11:08:06 AM
Third London attacker was Moroccan-Italian - Italy intelligence source
Reuters UKThe third Islamist militant who carried out an attack on Saturday in London that killed seven people was a Moroccan-Italian called Youssef Zaghba, an Italian intelligence source said on Tuesday.

by megan.revell 6/6/2017 11:11:06 AM
Youssef Zaghba, 22, identified by Italian and British law enforcement bodies as the the third man shot dead by police officers during the attack on London Bridge and Borough Market is seen in an undated image handed out by the Metropolitan Police

by Nigel Stevenson (Reuters) 6/6/2017 11:24:21 AM