JILL LAWLESS

London correspondent

Lawless is an Associated Press reporter covering U.K. politics and more. She is based in London.

In international debut, new UK PM Starmer offers strong support for Ukraine at NATO summit

Newly elected British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has made his maiden appearance on the international stage with a strong signal of support for Ukraine and a pat on the back from President Joe Biden.

Hundreds of new UK lawmakers are sworn in as Parliament returns after a dramatic election

Hundreds of newly elected lawmakers are gathering in Britain’s Parliament after the election that brought a Labour government to power.

Elections in Europe and Iran show authoritarian march may have slowed, not halted

At first glance, elections in France and Britain were a triumph for leftists and reformers over authoritarians and the right.

New UK Prime Minister Starmer says controversial Rwanda deportation plan is ‘dead and buried’

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says a controversial Conservative policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is “dead and buried.”

A NATO summit and mending EU relations are among first tasks for new UK leader Keir Starmer

New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer doesn’t get to take a breather. After a draining six-week election campaign, the center-left politician must get straight to work assembling his government, tackling a mountain of domestic problems and putting his stamp on the U.K.’s relations with the rest of

He’s derided as dull but Keir Starmer becomes UK prime minister with a sensational victory

For someone often derided as dull, Keir Starmer has delivered a sensational election result. Starmer has led Britain’s Labour Party to a landslide election victory, and on Friday officially became prime minister.

New UK prime minister Keir Starmer vows to heal wounds of distrust after Labour landslide

Britain’s new prime minister, Keir Starmer, says he will lead a “government of service” on a mission of national renewal.

Britain’s Labour Party has won enough seats to have a majority in the UK Parliament

An exit poll and partial returns indicate that Britain’s Labour Party is headed for a landslide victory in a parliamentary election, as voters punish the governing Conservatives after 14 years of economic and political upheaval.

From red wall to King’s Speech, UK elections have a vocabulary all their own. Here’s what to know

Elections in the United Kingdom have a distinct vocabulary that draws on traditions of parliamentary democracy as well as the lexicon of U.S. politics and modern political spin.

In the UK election campaign’s final hours, Sunak battles to the end as Labour’s Starmer eyes victory

Voters in the United Kingdom are set to cast ballots in a national election on Thursday, passing judgment on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s 20 months in office, and the four Conservative prime ministers before him.

In a proud and troubled UK town, voters wonder whether their election choice will make a difference

A lot of politicians have promised change to voters in Hartlepool, a wind-whipped port town in northeast England.

Nigel Farage criticizes racist remarks by Reform UK worker. But he later called it a ‘stitch-up’

Anti-immigration British politician Nigel Farage has condemned a worker for his Reform UK party who suggested migrants crossing the English Channel in boats should be used for “target practice.”

Takeaways from AP’s report on Ukraine’s battle to defend its democracy in wartime

Ukraine has spent years trying to build a Western-style democracy, although not without some bumps along the way.

Ukraine spent years trying to build a Western-style democracy. Then Russia invaded the country

Ukraine’s battle to repel Russia is a fight for the country’s survival as a Western-facing democracy.

Who is Keir Starmer, the Labour leader favored to win Britain’s July 4 election?

Critics say British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is dutiful, managerial and a bit dull. The 61-year-old Labour leader is the favorite to win the country’s July 4 election.

UK’s Sunak and Starmer struggle to be heard as a noisy protest mars their final election debate

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer struggled to get their messages across as protesters drowned out the early stages of their final televised debate of the U.K. election campaign.

Who is Julian Assange, the polarizing founder of the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks?

Before he emerged as an eccentric internet publisher of state secrets, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange experienced an itinerant childhood and attended dozens of schools, becoming a computer hacker as a teenager.

Britain’s rollercoaster-riding Liberal Democrat leader embraces stunts to gain election attention

Most politicians try to avoid slips, stumbles and undignified photos. Not Ed Davey. The leader of Britain’s centrist Liberal Democrats has turned the country’s general election campaign into a showreel of self-deprecating fun.

Britain’s July 4 election is fast approaching. Rishi Sunak is running out of time to change the tune

With less than three weeks to go until Britain’s election day, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is running out of time to change the tune.

UK royals unite on palace balcony, with Kate back at her first public event since cancer diagnosis

Britain has put on a display of birthday pageantry for King Charles III with a military parade that marked the Princess of Wales’ first appearance at a public event since her cancer diagnosis early this year.

A campaigner who took on the UK Post Office joins Tracey Emin, Imelda Staunton on royal honors list

A former post office branch manager who campaigned to expose a vast miscarriage of justice has been given a knighthood by King Charles III.

Princess of Wales says she’s making ‘good progress’ in cancer treatment, will attend a public event

The Princess of Wales says she is “making good progress” in her cancer treatment and will attend Saturday’s royal Trooping the Color ceremony, Kate’s first public appearance since her diagnosis.

UK Labour leader Keir Starmer says he’ll end the era of ‘gestures and gimmicks’ if he wins power

The left-of-center politician aiming to become Britain’s prime minister in three weeks’ time is promising to lead a government that’s both “pro-business and pro-worker” and restore stability after years of economic and political turmoil.

The UK Green Party struggles to be heard in an election where climate change is on the back burner

There’s lots of talk of change in Britain’s election campaign, but little talk about climate change.

UK’s glum Conservatives try to shift the mood with a promise of tax cuts as polling day nears

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has urged voters to throw him a lifeline in the U.K.'s July 4 election, promising to cut taxes and reduce immigration if his Conservative Party is reelected.

Rishi Sunak apologizes for skipping a D-Day ceremony to return to the election campaign trail

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologized for leaving D-Day commemorations in France early to fly home for an election campaign television interview.

Here’s what happened this week in the UK election, from the return of Farage to tussles over tax

Britain’s July 4 election is less than a month away. The campaign has already produced drama and disputes, even before the parties unveil their manifestos with detailed lists of promises in the coming days.

The first Black leader of Wales loses a no-confidence vote but says he won’t resign

The leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government has lost a no-confidence vote. The result is non-binding and Vaughan Gething says he won’t resign, but will continue “to serve and lead my country.”

Sunak and Starmer clash over tax and health in a debate as disruptor Farage roils the UK election

The two main contenders to be Britain’s next prime minister have sparred over tax, the cost of living and the country’s creaking health system in an inconclusive televised debate.

Populist campaigner Nigel Farage makes an about-face and says he will run in the UK election

Pro-Brexit, anti-immigration campaigner Nigel Farage is returning to front-line British politics. He announced Monday that he will take the helm of the right-wing party Reform U.K. and run for Parliament in the July 4 election.