prime minister

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It has also emerged that Cabinet Secretary Antonia Romeo found out about Mandelson's vetting failure in late March, weeks before the prime minister was told.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

"His job is to be prime minister and govern the country. My job is to lead a campaign and change the government here in Scotland and that's what I'm focused on doing."

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

And it's also worth noting the departure creates a vacuum in foreign policy - one of the few arenas where the prime minister is generally considered to have a decent record.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Armed with a so-called super-majority of more than two-thirds of seats in parliament, he also plans retroactively to limit the number of terms a prime minister can serve to two.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

That fall, in October 2007, something happened that gave us hope: Benazir Bhutto, who had been the first female prime minister of Pakistan, was returning to run in that year’s election.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai