Labour set for landslide win as UK votes

Hans van LeeuwenEurope correspondent

Updated Jul 4, 2024 – 4.58pm, first published at 3.47am

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London | Britons began voting on Thursday at their national election, with polls suggesting they could hand Labour leader Keir Starmer a landslide victory against the 14-year-old Conservative government led by embattled Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Polling stations opened across Britain at 7am (4pm AEST), with voters expected to severely punish Mr Sunak’s government, against a backdrop of economic malaise, mounting distrust of government institutions and a fraying social fabric.

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.