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Labour election manifesto slated for June 13

Dates and details could still move due to the frenetic nature of an election campaign.

June 4, 2024 2:53 pm CET

Mission Impossible? Tom Cruise tries to climb into UK prime minister’s car

The Hollywood a-lister mixed up his cars

June 4, 2024 11:48 am CET

Nigel Farage comeback is Sunak’s worst nightmare

The Conservatives could be facing a wipeout as the popular Brexiteer returns to U.K. politics.

June 4, 2024 4:01 am CET

UK Labour talks up nuclear weapons to banish Corbyn’s shadow

Keir Starmer says he would be prepared to use nuclear weapons, unlike his predecessor.

June 3, 2024 4:27 pm CET

Tories put trans rights row at heart of UK election campaign

Britain’s ailing Conservatives want to tweak the rules on single-sex spaces.

June 3, 2024 3:31 pm CET

City lobbyists eye plum Labour jobs as power beckons

But the snap election came as such a surprise to both main parties and the City of London that there will be a tussle for the top political jobs

June 3, 2024 5:00 am CET

The next great flood is coming. Britain isn’t ready.

Rainy old England is getting wetter and the seas are rising. Does either party duking it out in the election know what’s about to hit it?

May 31, 2024 7:15 pm CET

UK election live: Abbott cleared to run

Live updates from the campaign trail as the veteran left-winger is ‘free to go forward as a Labour candidate.’

May 31, 2024 7:58 am CET

Inside the Tory scramble: Rishi Sunak’s snap election sparks chaos for his own party

Rage mounts against PM as blindsided Conservative MPs and activists fear Sunak has scored an own goal.

May 31, 2024 4:00 am CET

UK farmers feared a Brexit flood of cheap Aussie beef. It hasn’t happened yet.

One year after post-Brexit trade deals with Australia and New Zealand came into force, farmers’ worst fears have yet to materialize.

May 30, 2024 7:14 pm CET

Third Tory MP defects to Labour ahead of UK election

Mark Logan said Britain needs ‘fresh ideas’ from Keir Starmer’s party.

May 30, 2024 7:11 pm CET

The Tories’ election policy positions, tracked

POLITICO keeps the receipts on what the Conservatives have actually said about policy in the election campaign, from national service to tax cuts.

May 30, 2024 1:52 pm CET
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Labour’s Sadiq Khan wants EU deal on visas for young people

The London mayor tells POLITICO he’s pressing his party to rethink its rejection of an EU youth mobility plan as July election looms.

May 29, 2024 6:39 pm CET

The pound is partying as Sunak’s election gambit dashes June rate cut hopes

Sterling is at its highest level since Britain voted to leave the EU in 2016.

May 29, 2024 6:14 pm CET

Advice to Britain’s Tories: Enjoy defeat as best you can

As the UK Conservative Party faces an electoral wipe-out similar to the one it experienced in 1997, history offers some key lessons.

May 29, 2024 4:02 am CET

UK election: Conservatives ditch young to chase gray vote

National service for teenagers and generous pension promises comprise the party’s core voter strategy.

May 29, 2024 4:00 am CET

UK election: Europe is hoping Labour ushers in a Brexit reset

EU member countries are keen to expand cooperation with London — and believe a Keir Starmer-led government might just be up for it.

May 28, 2024 6:51 pm CET

The big battle for Labour Party jobs

Too many ministers: Keir Starmer faces having to disappoint some of his top team if he makes it into government.

May 28, 2024 5:46 am CET

If you think Biden has troubles, just look at Trudeau

The Canadian prime minister’s grim poll numbers stoke speculation about his future.

May 27, 2024 12:07 pm CET

Europe is watching UK’s election battle over deporting migrants to Rwanda

EU governments used to castigate Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda scheme: not any more.

May 27, 2024 5:56 am CET

What a UK Labour election win would mean for Ukraine

Opposition leader Keir Starmer has worked hard to ensure his party is not seen as soft on defense.

May 23, 2024 10:49 pm CET

5 revelations you missed as Britain’s top official faced a Covid grilling

Civil service boss apologizes at the UK’s pandemic inquiry — which risked being overshadowed by the election.

May 23, 2024 7:09 pm CET

Europe’s new political consensus: We need to make more weapons

The war in Ukraine has shifted thinking — both among politicians and the public — on the need to spend more on defense.

May 23, 2024 6:11 pm CET

Nigel Farage won’t stand in UK election because Trump is higher priority

Brexiteer says he wants to help with the grassroots campaign’ in the forthcoming American election, UK vote be damned.

May 23, 2024 11:07 am CET
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