UK’s likely next PM copies Albanese election playbook

Hans van LeeuwenEurope correspondent

Updated Jun 14, 2024 – 6.15am, first published at 4.05am

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London | British Labour leader Keir Starmer has stuck to his Albanese-style small-target election strategy, unveiling a program for government that made almost no new promises.

He confirmed a clutch of tax tweaks that would raise £8.6 billion ($16.5 billion), but vowed not to raise income tax, company tax, the “national insurance” payroll tax, or the tax on goods and services known in Britain as VAT.

Hans van Leeuwen covers British and European politics, economics and business from London. He has worked as a reporter, editor and policy adviser in Sydney, Canberra, Hanoi and London.