Nick Hallett

British Prime Minister Theresa May has been criticised for calling a General Election for 8 June — because it falls during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

One week into the General Election campaign, the Conservatives continue to maintain a strong lead in the polls, with predictions of historic gains in Scotland and Wales.

French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has temporarily stood down as leader of the Front National party to focus on the upcoming election, AP reports.

Britain’s governing Conservative Party has hired Barack Obama’s former Deputy Chief of Staff to help run its election campaign.

U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing Britain behind the European Union in the queue to strike new trade deal, unnamed sources have told The Times.

The European Court of Justice will still have influence over UK law after Brexit as part of a bid to protect the rights of European Union citizens living in Britain, according to leaked documents.

Britain’s ruling Conservative Party is in confusion over its commitment to reduce annual net migration to the tens of thousands, with Prime Minister Theresa May forced to restate the policy after ministers questioned it.

Britain’s governing Conservative Party has imposed emergency rules on its local associations, giving the central party a huge level of control over the selection of candidates for June’s General Election.

Tim Farron, leader of the left wing Liberal Democrats, has been branded a “bigot” by celebrities and angry social media users after refusing to say gay sex is not a sin.

Marine Le Pen has promised to “put back the borders” if she is elected French President, pledging a freeze on long-term visas and a tax on companies that hire foreign workers.

An “unprecedented” number of people tried to cross the Mediterranean over the Easter weekend this year, a migrant charity has said.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has launched a defence of the right of Christians to express their faith in her Easter message.

Migrants are returning to the northern French town of Calais just months after its infamous camp was demolished and thousands of residents moved elsewhere.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has turned to British spies for advice on dealing with her country’s escalating Islamist terror problem, infuriating her own intelligence services.

The British government is discriminating against Christian refugees from the Middle East, a former Archbishop of Canterbury has said.

Pro-European Union publication the New European has accidentally emailed out plans to “stir up controversy” in the town of Skegness, which voted heavily for Brexit.

The European People’s Party, which includes European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker as a member, has called for a ban on the Islamic face veil in the whole of the European Union.

Britain’s Charity Commission is asking the Islamic Aid group why it invited a hardline Islamic preacher on a fundraising tour of Britain.

The BBC’s coverage of religion is a “mess” because its young metropolitan liberal staff are dangerously out-of-touch, a presenter has claimed.

Children at an Islamic primary school in Birmingham could be at risk of radicalisation, school inspection group Ofsted has warned.

In Europe, Muslims have greater freedom to follow their faith than Christians do, the head of an anti-discrimination group has said.

France’s future in the European Union was the main talking point for the country’s presidential candidates Tuesday night, in a four-hour debate described as a “cacophony”.

Left wing media outlets have attacked a pro-life charity after it was listed to receive government funding for a project helping vulnerable women.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has hit out at a major heritage group after it dropped the word “Easter” from its annual egg hunt.

A Somali asylum seeker has been charged with raping two disabled men and murdering the wife of one of the victims in Germany last year.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has said Brexit could be a good thing for both the UK and the European Union, saying the political bloc had done a “very good job” holding itself together after Britain’s vote last year.

Britain’s most dangerous Islamists will be housed in a special unit to stop them converting their fellow inmates.

Britain will be able to start trade talks with the European Union in October but only if it has overcome two obstacles set by Brussels.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump is a “Good Samaritan” who is “giving a voice to the silent”, a former Archbishop of Canterbury has said.

European Union rules that make it harder to deport foreign criminals and terror suspects will be some of the first to be repealed after Brexit, the government has promised.

Britain’s newspapers splashed Article 50 across their front pages this Wednesday, with Leave-supporting papers in jubilant mood, but Remain publications far more sombre.

Austria should withdraw completely from the European Union’s migrant redistribution programme because it has already taken enough, government ministers have said.

The Church of England is to appoint a new bishop to reach out to ethnic minorities amid claims it is too “quintessentially English”.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has pleaded with the European Union not to “punish” Britain for Brexit, as he called on the UK government to let EU nationals stay in the country.

A Royal Marine who shot an injured Taliban fighter will be released from prison in “about two weeks” after judges quashed his murder conviction. Sgt Alexander Blackman, also known as ‘Marine A’, had his conviction changed from murder to manslaughter

Tourists are abandoning London for more rural locations in Britain as fears of terrorism grow.