UK general election 2024
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The inheritance awaiting Britain’s next government
A tour of the country—and of the past 14 years of Conservative rule
The Liberal Democrats could become the main opposition in Britain
A small but significant chance of an absurd outcome
South-west England has become a three-way political battleground
The Tories will struggle to regain control of the West Country in Britain’s general election
Keir Starmer should be Britain’s next prime minister
Why Labour must form the next government
The Economist’s final prediction points to a Tory wipeout in Britain
Opposition parties are inflicting damage on the Conservatives from all directions
Britain’s Conservative Party faces up to its own mortality
Dulce et decorum est pro parte mori
Polling and forecasts
Will Labour destroy the Conservatives? Our UK election forecast
The Economist’s prediction for the next Parliament
Ups and downs
The Economist’s UK election poll tracker
We break down the polls to explain how Britons might vote in the next general election
Can you build a British voter?
See how Britons might vote in the next general election
How will Britain vote on July 4th?
Spoiler: it is not looking good for Rishi Sunak
The Conservatives
On shame, Liz Truss and the turnip Taliban
A local group is trying to eject the former prime minister from her seat
Britain’s Conservatives are losing as they governed. Meekly
UwU Conservativism, and the end of smol government
Britain’s Conservatives rule the Thames Estuary. Not for long
Our constituency poll in Gillingham and Rainham shows Labour on track for a thumping win
The British election is becoming an episode of mob justice
A punishment beating is on the cards for the Conservatives
Rishi Sunak’s election call makes no sense, but is good news
Whether an act of political genius or lunacy, Britons should welcome it
Two by-election defeats spell deep trouble for the Tories
Another terrible night for the Conservative Party
Labour
What the remaking of Labour reveals about Sir Keir Starmer
How might Britain’s would-be prime minister approach the job?
What taxes might Labour raise?
Growth alone will not fix Britain’s public finances
How the Labour Party could end Britain’s stagnation
Even if the economy peps up, taxes will have to rise
Labour’s growth ambitions demand more radicalism on planning
Small tweaks to the existing system are unlikely to deliver a big change in housebuilding
Generation K: Keir Starmer’s cohort of Labour candidates
Who are the people who might reshape British politics for years to come?
Sir Keir Starmer meets the public. Sort of
The Labour leader is better than he was at campaigning but that is not saying a lot
What’s at stake
Why the next Westminster scandal is already here
In British politics scandals are not exposed. They are simply noticed
What ails Britain’s left-behind places?
Two new books offer different views on the country’s troubled towns
In search of the white British voter
The most important ethnic group in British politics is the one nobody talks about
Can Britain’s economy grow as fast as it needs to?
Labour is banking on a big upswing in growth. It will struggle to get one
Incompetence or opacity: the choice facing British voters
The first week of the election campaign points to a failure of political competition
Brexit is the only big legacy of the 2019-24 parliament
An abrupt election crimps the Tories’ already-slim legislative record
Other parties
1843 magazine | No British election is complete without a man with a bin on his head
Joke candidates reveal the carnival element of British democracy
Why this isn’t Britain’s TikTok election
And why the next one might be
What are MRP polls and can they predict election results accurately?
How a novel technique to predict Britain’s general election works
The SNP feels the heat in Scotland’s election campaign
And Labour is not the only party to see the benefits
The return of the Farage ratchet
The Reform UK leader hopes to reshape the British political right again
What is the point of the Lib Dems?
They like raincoats and don’t like sewage—or power