Tag: UK General Elections
British citizens can still register for UK elections
(CNS): British citizens living abroad who are eligible to vote in the UK general election on 4 July can still register to vote provided they register before midnight on Tuesday, 18 June. The UK Electoral Commission is calling on voters to register now and apply for an absent vote if they will not be in […]
British PM turns to NI to save Tory government
(CNS): Prime Minister Theresa May will be depending on the ten DUP members of the British parliament from Northern Ireland to prop up the Conservative government after she lost the Tory majority in yesterday’s election by eight seats. May was hoping to shore up the previous slender majority and create a mandate for herself and […]
UK goes to polls facing uncertain result
(CNS): The British people are casting their votes today in the most unpredictable general election in modern times. The Conservatives, led by Prime Minister David Cameron, and Ed Miliband’s Labour were neck and neck when the polling stations opened Thursday. Neither one of the major parties will get enough votes to win a majority of […]
Labour will demand public register for UK’s territories
(CNS): If the Labour party wins the UK general election in May, the Cayman Islands and other British overseas territories will be required to introduce publicly accessible beneficial ownership registries or face blacklisting. Ed Miliband has reportedly written to all of the UK’s overseas territories to warn them what he will expect should he be […]
Overseas Brits encouraged to vote in UK election
(CNS): The UK’s Electoral Commission has launched a campaign to encourage all British citizens who have been registered to vote there in the last fifteen years to get back on the electoral roll despite living overseas. The elections watchdog is hosting an Overseas Voter Registration Day on Thursday 5 February in a bid to boost the numbers […]
