Tim Bale

Exit polls show Labour landslide likely as official results trickle in. Audio

Three days after he was suspended by the BBC, presenter and former footballer Gary Lineker will be allowed back on air.

In a statement the broadcaster's director-general Tim Davy apologised for the… Audio

After 39 days in office the UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has done a dramatic U-turn on her tax-cut plans in an effort to reassure financial markets. She has also dropped her close ally Kwasi Kwarteng… Audio

A tax-cut backflip has undermined confidence in the UK's new Prime Minister Liz Truss and her finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng.

The U-turn comes after a growing Conservative revolt over the policy and… Audio

It's been a phenomenal week in UK politics with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in a humiliating defeat, resigning as leader of the conservative party on Thursday following 59 government ministers - at… Audio

Britain will head to the polls to vote in a general election called by the country's Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday morning.

He's called the election in an attempt to win more seats for his… Audio

The British Parliament is due to resume later today after the UK Supreme Court ruled Boris Johnson's decision to prorogue parliament was unlawful. It's likely the prime minister will face calls to… Audio

Professor of politics at London's Queen Mary University Tim Bale updates on the UK's House of Commons rejection of a motion from Prime Minister Boris Johnson for a snap election. Audio

Boris Johnson is the new Prime Minister of Britain, beating out leadership rival Jeremy Hunt. He's promised to deliver Brexit by Halloween on October 31 - but how realistic is that? Kathryn speaks… Audio

In a major shake-up for the European Union ,major centre-left and centre-right parties are set to lose dozens of seats and their combined majority.

Twenty-eight member countries voted for which… Audio

The UK papers are calling it D-day - and nearly all are predicting a major defeat for the British prime minister Theresa May. MPs will begin voting very shortly on Mrs May's make-or-break Brexit deal… Audio

In the UK, Conservative MPs are voting right now on whether Theresa May should stay as their leader. She's made a last minute appeal that she should continue to be Prime Minister, to lead Britain out… Audio

Tim Bale is a professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London. He will talk to Kim about a week of major developments in the long-running Brexit saga, including an ostensible backing of… Audio

The UK general election has ended in a hung parliament and current prime minister Theresa May is expected to go. What does it mean for the thing that started it all off, Brexit? Audio

Kathryn Ryan talks to Tim Bale, Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London, about the contest for the leadership of the UK Labour party - set to be resolved this weekend. Audio