But he stressed too that he respected the sovereign decision of the British people to leave the EU in their referendum last year.
14 Jun 2017 8:59 AM
More than 735,000 people have signed a petition in three days condemning the proposed alliance.
13 Jun 2017 2:15 PM
The chaos has also weighed on the pound and the govt may have to delay the announcement of its policy plans to parliament.
13 Jun 2017 9:33 AM
May's Conservatives unexpectedly lost their majority in parliament in snap vote, causing political chaos ahead of Brexit talks with EU.
12 Jun 2017 7:02 PM
White House officials say few discussions about the trip have taken place and Trump's travel schedule is already filling up.
12 Jun 2017 12:13 PM
The Prime Minister is seeking a deal with a Northern Irish party to prop up the Conservative minority administration.
12 Jun 2017 10:00 AM
Ministers push for foreign secretary to take over from PM after disastrous poll results.
12 Jun 2017 2:24 AM
The best-selling newspaper Sun claimed that senior members of the party had vowed to get rid of May.
12 Jun 2017 2:20 AM
A reason to cheer, however, is the fact that 200 women have been elected to Parliament, which is the highest ever.
12 Jun 2017 2:05 AM
Ms May called it the Brexit election and projected her strong self versus the weak Corbyn as her winning gamble.
12 Jun 2017 1:57 AM
The new members of House of Commons include four black women and Britain's first ever female Sikh MP.
11 Jun 2017 4:33 PM
May also confirmed to Merkel in a phone call that Britain was ready to begin Brexit negotiations 'as planned in the next couple of weeks'.
11 Jun 2017 11:42 AM
Timothy said he had resigned on Friday after the result was confirmed, and took responsibility for the Conservative manifesto
10 Jun 2017 7:41 PM
May announced on Friday that she would seek to form a minority government with the help of the pro-Brexit Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
10 Jun 2017 4:40 PM
EU leaders fear that UK election results will delay exit talks, which were due to start this month.
10 Jun 2017 5:47 AM
Defiant May to stay despite blow, meets the Queen.
10 Jun 2017 1:19 AM
Theresa May has made it clear though snubbed and rejected she might be, but she has no intention of stepping down.
10 Jun 2017 12:28 AM
Labour under him polled 40 per cent of the vote, the highest for the party since 1970, and only slightly behind Ms May’s Tories.
10 Jun 2017 12:27 AM
Her Labour rival Jeremy Corbyn, once written off by his opponents as a no-hoper, said she should step down.
09 Jun 2017 1:17 PM
As forecasters suggested no party had won an overall majority, some hung their heads in disappointment while others in the pub were joyous.
09 Jun 2017 12:51 PM