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Tories install Kemi Badenoch as first black leader of Conservatives
Kemi Badenoch will become the new leader of Britain’s Conservative Party, vowing to return the once dominant party to its founding principles to win back voters who handed the Conservatives their worst election defeat in July.
- by Elizabeth Piper and Andrew MacAskill
British MPs vote to abolish ‘indefensible’ hereditary rights in the House of Lords
The Labour Party government says the decision will complete a long-stalled reform of parliament’s upper chamber and remove an “outdated and indefensible” relic.
- by Jill Lawless
Tony Abbott and Liz Truss team up to fight ‘net zero mind virus’
The two former prime ministers, both drummed out of office by their peers, found they had much to agree on – including their relatively short tenures in the top job.
- by Michael Koziol
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Keir Starmer
‘Freebies’ scandal forces UK PM Starmer to scrap Australia visit
Work was under way in Canberra to host newly elected UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer following the Commonwealth Heads of Government in Samoa in two weeks’ time.
- by Rob Harris
Opinion
Liberal Party
Without dumping its cult of has-been leaders, Victoria’s Liberals don’t stand a chance
After barely four years in government this century, something needs to change within the Victorian Liberal Party, starting with the way its leadership is decided.
- by Tim Smith
Starmer sacks top aide in messy reset less than 100 days in as British PM
Infighting, a cash-for-influence scandal and three tax-raising plans under review, demand some action from new Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
- by Alex Wickham and Ailbhe Rea
British PM's sausage flub
During an address at a Labour Party conference, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer calls hostages 'sausages' when speaking about the conflict in Gaza.
Keir Starmer calls Gaza hostages ‘sausages’ in key Labour speech
The British PM appealed to voters exhausted by years of political and economic turmoil with the message that better times are on the way.
- by Jill Lawless
Analysis
UK
‘Frockgate’: Keir Starmer’s love for freebies ends his short-lived honeymoon
The PM had hoped for a quiet summer after his election triumph. The calm is being disturbed by the controversy about him accepting gifts worth tens of thousands of pounds.
- by Rob Harris
‘It will be painful’: In major speech, British PM paints gloomy picture
Keir Starmer tells Britons their country is in a societal and economic “black hole”, and warns of rising taxes and spending cuts.
- by William Booth
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