Today
How Angela Rayner became one of Britain’s most powerful women
She grew up in dire poverty caring for a sick mother on a council estate. But Angela Rayner’s drive to succeed propelled her to the top of the Labour Party.
- Louise Carpenter
- Opinion
- UK election
The fight for the UK right has begun
Surrendering to the Faragist path rather than taking it on and defeating it would herald the end of the centre right and a capitulation to unserious politics.
- Robert Shrimsley
Shares up as UK treasurer vows to ‘work hand-in-glove’ with business
The FTSE 250 touched its highest level since April 2022 as Sir Keir Starmer became prime minister, powered by a rally for home-building stocks and property companies.
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- Chris Price, Alex Singleton, Ben Riley-Smith and Szu Ping Chan
‘We will fight until you believe again’: Starmer vows to fix Britain
Keir Starmer has officially become the UK’s new prime minister after a landslide victory in the polls and says he will lead a government focused on public service.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
Yesterday
- Opinion
- UK election
Starmer can help Britain redeem itself
With a towering majority, a well-disciplined team and a ruthless instinct for power, Keir Starmer can restore some of the respect the Tories destroyed.
- Adrian Wooldridge
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Keir Starmer can drive Britain to reform-led growth
Britain’s new PM must lock in growth quickly if he is to secure Labour’s huge win. With a planning system from hell and a 17,000-page tax code, there is plenty of scope for reform.
- The AFR View
Labour’s sweeping victory in Britain is terrible news for Peter Dutton
The UK general election was fought over problems that are familiar to many Australian voters, which is why the outcome looks bad for the Coalition.
- Aaron Patrick
- Analysis
- UK election
Gaza backlash and other key lessons from UK’s election
Gaza has shaken up the left, populism is shaking up the right. Labour’s majority is less secure than it seems, but Keir Starmer’s dullness could be an asset.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
Former PM Liz Truss loses her seat
Labour claims majority; Rishi Sunak calls Starmer to concede; the country’s shortest-serving leader loses her seat. How the day unfolded.
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- Andrew Hobbs and Lucy Slade
Knives out: Tory collapse sparks bitter blame game
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under fire after an exit poll shows the Conservative Party is set for the worst result in its history.
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- Lucy Fisher
- Opinion
- UK election
The Conservatives imploded. Labour simply filled the vacuum
Labour’s landslide shares some parallels with Tony Blair’s 1997 win but those end with Keir Starmer’s small target strategy and threadbare policy.
- Michael Turner
- Opinion
- UK election
Why Starmer’s victory in Britain should scare Albanese
The Australian prime minister now has an ideological bedfellow in the UK. But he also has something in common with the loser: incumbency.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Armed kidnapper, Nazi sympathiser: Meet France’s far-right candidates
The far-right’s National Rally party acknowledges a few “infected sheep” among its candidates as it stands on the threshold of power in France.
- Diane Jeantet
How London turned against the Tories
London might be the home of the professional and business elite but the UK election result effectively shut the Tories out of the English capital.
- Mark Ludlow
The most expensive mistake in sports history
Mercedes’ decision to introduce a radical new design into Formula 1 may have cost the company $1 billion.
- Jonathan Clegg and Joshua Robinson
- Opinion
- Global economy
Why Europe is becoming poorer than America
Oversized governments in Britain and on the Continent have crushed productivity growth, allowing US incomes to grow twice as fast.
- Ruchir Sharma
Putin says Trump ‘sincerely’ wants to end the war in Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin said Russia takes seriously statements by Donald Trump that he has proposals to end the war in Ukraine quickly.
- Bloomberg News
- Opinion
- UK election
How to get rich from Keir Starmer in Number 10
With the British Labour party set for a huge victory in the polls, investors have plenty of reasons to be optimistic. This is where to look for the biggest profit.
- Richard Evans
Le Pen set to fall short of French majority: polls
Two polls show that Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party will not secure an absolute majority in the second round of French elections.
- James Regan
This Month
Labour set for landslide win as UK votes
Britons began casting their ballots, as opinion polls suggest a Labour win of historic proportions. But the many tight three-way contests could still deliver a surprise.
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- Hans van Leeuwen