Today
- Analysis
- UK election
How will Keir Starmer change the UK?
As a Labour government gets set to take the reins after 14 years of Conservative rule, what will Starmer do with power in his first 100 days and beyond?
- Hans van Leeuwen
UK voters head to polling stations to hand Tories a thumping
On election eve, opinion polls suggest a Labour landslide of historic proportions. But the many tight three-way contests could still deliver a surprise.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Yesterday
French candidates bow out in bid to block far right
More than 200 have confirmed they will not stand in Sunday’s second round voting for France’s 577-seat national parliament.
- Updated
- Sudip Kar-Gupta and Dominique Vidalon
Boris Johnson in surprise late move to avert Tory wipeout
Making his first public appearance of the campaign, the former prime minister said Labour would “destroy so much of what we have achieved”.
- Alex Wickham
Why angry Britain will this week finally dump the Tories
Five PMs, five elections and a three-ring circus: over 14 years, the Conservative government sowed the seeds of its own downfall – and leaves a mixed legacy.
- Hans van Leeuwen
This Month
Campaigners seek to harness Gaza anger among UK Muslim voters
Britain’s ‘Muslim Vote’ campaign is looking to win enough votes to send a strong message to the new parliament.
- Muvija M and Hannah Ellison
France’s parties scramble to keep far right from power
Stocks and the euro rose as some second-round candidates could be pulled to try to boost the vote against Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party.
- Updated
- Leila Abboud, Adrienne Klasa and Brian Johnston
France teeters towards dysfunction as vote puts far-right at ‘gates of power’
Emmanuel Macron’s gamble looks set to usher in a populist government or a paralysed parliament, unless voters rally to him in the poll’s July 7 second round.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Opinion
- Opinion
Macron’s reckless gamble leaves French voters with invidious choice
Thanks to Macron’s miscalculations, the eurosceptic, anti-immigration RN has a shot at securing an absolute parliamentary majority in the second round of voting on July 7.
- Ben Hall
- Analysis
- Analysis
Victory no certainty for Marine Le Pen as France faces second vote
Sunday night was a major victory for Marine Le Pen’s National Rally. However, round two of this lightning contest is far from an electoral slam dunk for the right.
- Updated
- Henry Samuel
Le Pen’s far-right party set to come first in French vote
The National Rally was projected to get between 33 per cent and 34.2 per cent of the vote, putting them in pole position for a second-round run-off.
- Updated
- Ania Nussbaum, Samy Adghirni and William Horobin
Euro rises as Le Pen’s party set for smaller victory than feared
Initial results had the far right in front of Macron’s centrist alliance and the left-wing alliance but with less support than it needs to win the second round.
- Alice Gledhill and Aline Oyamada
- Opinion
- Opinion
The productivity hack that really does boost careers
Physical stamina is an oddly overlooked superpower in working life. But although it will take you a long way, it won’t always be enough to achieve enduring success.
- Pilita Clark
June
Far-right looms as France votes in snap elections
France is voting in parliamentary polls that President Emmanuel Macron called this month, a gamble that has thrust the country into uncertainty over its future.
- Updated
- Johnny Cotton
Iran’s election pits reformist against ultra-hardliner
Iran will hold a runoff presidential election to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi after the top candidates failed to secure a majority.
- Updated
- Sussanah George
France’s far-right ‘dream ticket’ chases election victory
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen anointed her youthful protege as prime minister in waiting, but the office may come sooner than either expected as France votes.
- Leila Abboud
With nothing left to lose, Sunak goes on the attack
A sharper-sounding prime minister is betting that sowing fear might save the Tory furniture even if it can’t prevent an election loss.
- Hans van Leeuwen
France’s election could trigger market shockwaves, BoE warns
The Bank of England’s alert comes before Sunday’s first round of voting. Polls now show the populist right potentially closing in on a parliamentary majority.
- Hans van Leeuwen
What the far right’s Jordan Bardella would do as France’s PM
The 28-year-old chief of the National Rally party said in an interview that he was confident of winning an outright majority in legislative elections starting this weekend.
- Leila Abboud and Ben Hall
Rishi Sunak uses TV debate to try to avert Tory electoral meltdown
With new opinion polls pointing to a massive Labour majority, the PM came out fighting, insisting that Sir Keir Starmer would raise taxes and allow spending to spiral.
- George Parker, Lucy Fisher and Rafe Uddin