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Britain's Conservative party chair resigns after by-election defeats

Oliver Dowden, the chairman of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative party, resigned on Friday, saying it could not carry on with business as usual after two crushing by-election defeats and someone had to take responsibility.

Reuters

Charles to tell Commonwealth leaders becoming a republic ‘is their own decision’

His observations are likely to be interpreted as acknowledging forces already in motion.

The Independent UK

London politics latest: Nadhim Zahawi insists ‘our voters stayed home’ after disastrous by-election results

Tory defeat in Tiverton & Honiton and Wakefield is the first time in more than 30 years a government has lost two by-elections on the same day

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Kyiv orders troops to pull out of Sievierodonetsk – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Oliver Dowden resigns as Conservative party chair after byelection losses

Tory MP says someone ‘must take responsibility’ for defeats, amid growing pressure on Boris Johnson

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson loses ‘distressed and disappointed’ ally Oliver Dowden from cabinet

‘We cannot carry on with business as usual’, senior MP says in pointed letter to Boris Johnson

The Independent UK

Tories handed ‘wake-up call’ with double defeat in Tiverton and Wakefield by-elections

Lib Dem win in Devon represents the largest majority ever overturned at by-election

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Boris Johnson suffers brutal double by-election defeat as voters abandon Tories

Disastrous by-election defeats in Wakefield, and Tiverton and Honiton will pile pressure on Boris Johnson, who has been trying to restore his battered premiership after he clung on in a no confidence vote

Daily Mirror

New Wakefield MP Simon Lightwood says Labour is ‘rebuilding the red wall’

Mr Lightwood was elected with a majority of 4,925 on a swing of 12.7% from the Tories to Labour.

The Independent UK

Newly elected Lib Dem MP Richard Foord calls on Boris Johnson to quit

Richard Foord said the ‘people of Tiverton & Honiton have spoken for Britain’ after overturning a Tory majority of 24,000

The Independent UK

What next for Boris Johnson after double by-election blow?

The sensational loss of Tiverton and Honiton and Labour’s recapture of Wakefield will put fresh pressure on the Prime Minister.

The Independent UK

Tories lose two key byelections on same night in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton

Labour takes Wakefield and Lib Dems snatch Tiverton and Honiton, piling pressure on Boris Johnson

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson's Conservatives lose Wakefield at by-election

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservatives lost the parliamentary seat of Wakefield in northern England on Friday, with voters dealing a blow to the party after months of scandals and a growing cost of living crisis.

Reuters

Lib Dems tell Tories Johnson must go after Tiverton and Honiton win

Ed Davey says Conservatives across country will lose seats as his party demolishes majority of 24,000

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The Independent UK

Boris Johnson facing humiliating double by-election blow

Labour was victorious in Wakefield and the Liberal Democrats said they have overturned a 24,000 Tory majority to win in Devon.

The Independent UK

Lib Dems sweep to victory in Tiverton and Honiton by-election in major blow to Boris Johnson

Lib Dem candidate Richard Foord wins with 22,537 votes leaving Tories trailing with 16,393

The Guardian - UK

Labour win in Wakefield proves party is ready for power, says Starmer

Simon Lightwood elected as MP in symbolic victory in ‘red wall’ seat won by Conservatives in 2019

Daily Mirror

Labour's Simon Lightwood wins Wakefield by-election - piling pressure on Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson may be thousands of miles away in Kigali, Rwanda, but his premiership will undoubtedly come under intense pressure as Labour shows signs of rebuilding back its so called Red Wall.

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Manchester Evening News

Double by-election humiliation for Boris Johnson

Voters give crushing verdict on the Prime Minister just weeks after 41% of his own MPs cast their ballots against him

Wales Online

Boris Johnson suffers double by-election humiliation

The contests offered voters the chance to give their verdict on the Prime Minister just weeks after 41% of his own MPs cast their ballots against him

Reuters

UK Liberal Democrats claim victory against Johnson's Conservatives in parliamentary seat vote

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson looked set for a chastening defeat in a parliamentary by-election on Friday as the centrist Liberal Democrats claimed a "historic victory" in what had been a safe Conservative seat of Tiverton and Honiton.

The Independent UK

Lib Dems claim ‘clear win’ in Tiverton and Honiton by-election

With votes still being counted, the Liberal Democrats claimed to have snatched the Devon seat held with a 24,000 majority by the Tories in 2019.

Daily Mirror

Lib Dems claim stunning by-election win in Tiverton and Honiton poll

A total of 42,707 votes were cast in the crunch ballot, with the result due to be announced at the Lords Meadows Leisure Centre in Crediton early today

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 121 of the invasion

Zelenskiy welcomes approval of Ukraine’s application to join EU as ‘historic moment’ while battle for two key cities in eastern Ukraine edges towards ‘fearsome climax’

Reuters

Commonwealth leaders meet in Rwanda amid criticism of host's rights record

Commonwealth leaders meet in Kigali on Friday to discuss cooperation on topics from trade to health to climate, against a backdrop of criticism of the host Rwanda's human rights record and of a British policy to deport asylum seekers there.

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