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Shut up and listen: The election ‘fixer’ has some advice for Biden, Macron and Sunak

Election fever is gripping both sides of the North Atlantic. As Britain heads into the final weeks of a long election campaign, French voters face a snap …

June 20, 2024 6:00 am CET
The Home Front

Britain struggles to reform its ‘feudal’ housing system  

Big changes to the centuries-old model of property ownership still look far off, even with Labour poised for an election win.

June 20, 2024 4:00 am CET

5 lessons for the Tory (and Labour) campaigns from Obama’s election guru

One of the brains behind David Cameron’s surprise Tory victory in 2015 has words of advice for Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.

June 20, 2024 4:00 am CET

Britain’s getting more corrupt. Will kicking the Tories out help?

Labour is talking a good game on cleaning up Westminster as an election looms — but the U.K. has a long history of opposition parties promising the earth.

June 20, 2024 4:00 am CET

The Nigel Farage effect is real

Conservatives lose out while Farage’s Reform UK is projected to win 5 seats in latest in-depth model.

June 19, 2024 8:35 pm CET

Rishi Sunak’s California escape hatch: His $7.2M beach home

The UK leader’s luxe penthouse and deep California ties have fueled speculation about where he could land if he winds up out of office.

June 19, 2024 7:07 am CET

5 people the Tories are blaming for a Labour ‘supermajority’

Keir Starmer’s Britain will mean prisoners, teenagers and Vladimir Putin stealing from your grandma for decades. Maybe.

June 18, 2024 11:56 am CET

British ex-pats in no hurry to sign up for election vote

Predicted flood of new ex-pat voters fails to materialize ahead of registration deadline in UK election.

June 18, 2024 4:01 am CET

Tories brace for brutal civil war

A fight for the soul of the UK Conservative Party is about to break out between centrists and those on the right.

June 18, 2024 4:01 am CET

We read Nigel Farage’s manifesto so you don’t have to

The key eyebrow-raising pledges in the Reform UK ‘contract’ with the public.

June 17, 2024 3:47 pm CET

Scotland’s independence warriors could be the UK election’s biggest losers

Model suggests the once-dominant Scottish National Party could lose 64.6 percent of the total seats it won in 2019 — an even higher share than the dire night projected for the Conservatives.

June 17, 2024 4:01 am CET

Betrayal on Britain’s south coast

Voters say they feel let down by Conservatives on immigration, public services and the supposed benefits of Brexit.

June 17, 2024 4:00 am CET
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How Nigel Farage blew up the UK election

Britain’s top Brexiteer has made it his life’s work to torment the Conservative Party. This time he could reduce it to rubble. 

June 14, 2024 4:01 am CET

The Greens want to be Britain’s new left-wing force

The Greens’ election manifesto is packed with policies designed to appeal to left-leaning voters disaffected with the Labour Party.

June 13, 2024 11:00 pm CET

Fully updated: Our Labour policy tracker

Absolutely everything you need to know about what the opposition party is promising ahead of the July 4 election.

June 13, 2024 7:44 pm CET

Don’t abandon the center, warns UK Chancellor

It takes a brave — some may say reckless — leader to call a general election when trailing in the polls by 20 percent. With three weeks …

June 13, 2024 6:00 am CET

‘Battered’ Brits want to hold Tories to account, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt admits

He also concedes the government failed to end irregular migration routes, one of its core pledges.

June 13, 2024 4:03 am CET
ANALYSIS

Contempt for Britain’s politicians ruled the Sky leaders’ debate

Keir Starmer may have trounced Rishi Sunak in the snap post-debate poll — but real voter anger was the star of the show.

June 12, 2024 11:28 pm CET

Sunak aide bet on UK election date days before announcement — report

Aide Craig Williams admits putting £100 “flutter” on vote timing, says he “should have thought.”

June 12, 2024 8:42 pm CET

Tory election ads are all attack, no Rishi Sunak

Tory digital campaigners have decided offense is the best form of defense as they continue to languish in the polls.

June 12, 2024 4:07 pm CET

The Tories’ paper-thin election pitch is pleasing nobody

Conservatives fear Rishi Sunak’s policy platform is more about shoring up a base than transforming a nation.

June 11, 2024 11:40 pm CET

The Day . . . Of the Tory manifesto launch

Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard with their guide to the election day ahead. This is day 20 of the campaign. Jack …

June 11, 2024 9:54 am CET

Under siege, 3 world leaders say: Bring it on

Emmanuel Macron, Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak all appear to have concluded that their only way to escape dire political problems is by dramatically changing the plot.

June 11, 2024 7:12 am CET

Bankers already won the UK election

Whichever party forms the next government, the City gets what it wants — in stark comparison to recent elections.

June 10, 2024 5:00 am CET
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