Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News on UK Politics

Bellringers and running the bar dry: inside Labour’s night of elation

Exit poll began celebrations at party HQ and Tate Modern that culminated in Keir Starmer’s walk into Downing Street

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves: Britain's First Woman Finance Chief

Rachel Reeves, Britain's first woman finance minister, is a former child chess champion and Bank of England economist who has pledged to grow the nation's economy while showing strong fiscal discipline.

International Business Times

A Labour landslide, Tory turmoil and Green shoots. What a night

In today’s newsletter: Whether it was a new government, the success of independents, or a farewell to Truss, in the end this election had something for everyone

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Starmer has promised big – now he must be bold and move quickly. Here’s how he should start

In league with regional mayors, the prime minister can test good ideas in areas like housing. There is promising talent in Labour’s ranks too. Fast track it, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

‘A toddler could do better’: how Lib Dems won over Tory stronghold of Henley

The Oxfordshire town – the former seat of Michael Heseltine and Boris Johnson – has been a Tory seat from 1906 until now

The Guardian - UK

'Independence is bigger than any party': Leading activist responds to election result

A LEADING activist in the grassroots movement has said that “independence is bigger than any party” after the SNP suffered a huge defeat in…

The National (Scotland)

David Lammy: Friend Of Obama Now UK Foreign Minister

Britain's new foreign minister David Lammy, appointed Friday, is a trailblazing black lawmaker descended from slaves who calls former US president Barack Obama a friend.

International Business Times

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

OPINION - A Labour landslide? On that share of the vote? In this economy?

If I woke you up first thing this morning and told you Labour had secured 33.7 per cent of the vote, you might reasonably ask: what the hell am I doing in your house? But eventually, you might also wonder how on earth Keir Starmer managed to chuck away a…

Evening Standard

Which football team does new Prime Minister Keir Starmer support?

The UK general election has delivered a new Prime Minister with a genuine interest in football

FourFourTwo

Tory leadership contenders prepare for quick contest amid Reform fears

Party figures worry a drawn-out race would benefit Nigel Farage, though others want a longer process

The Guardian - UK

A triumphant Labour in Westminster, a humiliated SNP in Holyrood: Scotland is entering interesting times

Sunak’s early election gamble had a lethal effect on Swinney’s party. The spark of independence is undoubtedly diminished, says historian and writer Rory Scothorne

The Guardian - UK

A record number of female MPs have been appointed in the UK General Election

Marie Claire

Sinn Féin becomes Northern Ireland’s biggest Westminster party

Voters turn against DUP which loses North Antrim seat held for over 50 years by Ian Paisley and his late father

The Guardian - UK

The 2024 general election in numbers: From historic results to huge vote swings

The Independent’s data correspondent looks at last night’s shock figures, from the closest seats to the biggest swings

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

‘We needed change’: mixed feelings in City after Labour sweeps London

Party wins seat that includes financial district and much of central London for first time in its history

The Independent UK

Starmer’s cabinet could be most representative of UK society with only 10 per cent privately schooled

‘Sea change’ as new parliament is also most representative of UK schooling ever recorded, analysis finds

The Guardian - UK

How Labour did it: inside the campaign that led to ‘Starmergeddon’

Each decision made in ‘the cell’ was framed by three key messages and pushed along by a well disciplined operation

The Guardian - UK

The 2024 election results are among the most bizarre in British history – and the future could be stranger still

From Labour’s low share of the vote to divisions on the right, this was a night that redrew the electoral map, says political analyst Lewis Baston

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak departs with a brief nod to his achievements – mostly imagined

As Larry the Cat sees off another PM, Sunak suffers the ultimate kick in the teeth as the sun comes out for Starmer

The Conversation

Nigel Farage, Greens and 72 Liberal Democrats: inside Britain’s new multi-party parliament

Aside from Labour’s landslide victory, the other big story of the 2024 election is the fragmentation of the British parliament and the rise of smaller parties at the expense of the Conservatives.

Al Jazeera

UK general election 2024 results: Five key takeaways

Key takeaways, from Starmer’s Labour Party win and the Conservative Party’s fall, to Reform winning seats.

Marie Claire

What will Labour do for us - here’s how the new Prime Minister aims to tackle domestic abuse

The UK has a new Labour Prime Minister - here’s what it means for survivors of domestic- and gender-based violence

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re not all Labour but everyone was jubilant’: UK voters on the election result

People in England, Scotland and Wales give their verdicts on the transformation of the UK’s political landscape

The Independent UK

General election: Keir Starmer’s first speech as Labour prime minister in full

In his first speech in Downing Street, Sir Keir said the British people had voted ‘decisively for change’

The Guardian - UK

Hop, skip, jump and enchant the electorate – the Ed Davey doctrine was a stroke of genius

The Lib Dems gained a record number of seats. That’s thanks to their leader’s fusing of policy with eye-catching, daring stunts, says writer and broadcaster Nels Abbey

1 … 419 420 421 422

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Conservative Party

The Liberal Democrats

336 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.