The Latest Breaking News on British Voters Head To Polls In Crucial General Election

Britons head to the polls Thursday in a general election widely expected to emphatically return the opposition Labour party to power and end nearly a decade-and-a-half of Conservative rule.

After six weeks, general election campaigning has come to an end and Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak have made their final pitches to the country

The Labour leader has said he believes in the UK’s public services. But do public service workers believe in him?

Editorial: In a volatile and cynical age, the availability of peaceful regime change by the ballot box cannot be taken for granted

Exclusive: A major survey for The Independent on the eve of the general election puts Labour on course for a 272-seat majority with Keir Starmer winning 461 seats

Letters: Readers respond to an article in which Zadie Smith writes that real change is on the horizon after the Tories ruined Britain

Letters: Readers respond to the Guardian’s editorial endorsing a vote for Labour in this week’s general election

Letters: Joe Cassels and Michael Goodliffe explain why voters can’t be complacent in their efforts to get rid of the Conservatives

Leaving it as late as editorially possible, the Sun has endorsed Labour. With an election day front page saying it’s “time for a change”, the Murdoch-owned tabloid says the Conservatives “have become a divided rabble, more interested in fighting themselves than running the country”.