David Cameron

By Fredmund Malik *

Tens of thousands took to the streets of UK towns and cities on Saturday to defy reelected PM David Cameron's plans to continue with austerity policies.

In London alone, between 70 000 and 150 000 people are estimated to have attended the main rally, according to The Guardian.

Protesters demanded equality and more commitment to helping the poor.

British Prime Minister David Cameron urged Muslim communities and families on June 19 to do more to fight extremism, warning some Muslims risk fostering radicalism in young people by quietly condoning extreme views. 

British Prime Minister David Cameron has performed a U-turn and ruled out holding a European Union membership referendum on May 5, 2016, a shift to placate some of his own lawmakers who were opposed to it being held on the same day as local elections. 

Several of the biggest fund managers based in London are drawing up plans to move trillions of pounds of assets and thousands of jobs outside of Britain should the country vote to leave the EU in a referendum due by the end of 2017, the Sunday Times said. 

Prime Minister David Cameron was warned June 8 that some of his ministers would likely resign after he demanded his cabinet back any deal he struck on EU reform and vote to stay in the bloc in a forthcoming referendum.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has warned that the Minister who are favoring an exit from the EU need to submit their resignations.

British government has submitted a proposal for a referendum on the question if the island should remain within the union. The second round of votes will be cast Tuesday.

British Prime Minister David Cameron prepared May 29 to lobby German Chancellor Angela Merkel for "flexible and imaginative" EU reforms, but faces an uphill battle against Franco-German plans for a more integrated eurozone.

Supporters of Britain's membership of the European Union will create a new group shortly to run the "Yes" campaign for a referendum Prime Minister David Cameron has promised by the end of 2017, four sources familiar with the plan told Reuters. 

Prime Minister David Cameron starts a whirlwind two-day tour of European capitals including Paris and Berlin May 28 in a push to secure EU reforms before a referendum on whether Britain should leave.