British politics
UK launches pensions review in bid to boost investments
The landmark review into the pensions and investment market seeks ways to boost the investment potential of support schemes while equally optimizing savings for pensioners.
‘Is that it?’ UK Labour’s cautious entry to government
Welsh leader Vaughan Gething quits after four months
Starmer appoints Trump staffer
Attack on Donald Trump strikes fear into European hearts
Von der Leyen will skip Britain’s biggest European summit in years
What Washington thinks of Keir Starmer
Trump shooting: Nigel Farage blames liberals and mainstream media
Reform UK leader, who said he was “upset” but “not shocked” by the attack, plans to visit Trump soon.
Defeated UK Tories suffer ‘very public nervous breakdown’
The Conservative Party leadership contest is effectively underway — and it’s not pretty.
Biden, Starmer project optimism amid political tumult
The new U.K. prime minister, in Washington for the NATO Summit, appeared to earn plaudits from Biden for seeking closer ties to the European Union.
Labour’s new tribes: 7 gangs to watch in the class of 2024
Hundreds of the party’s brand-new MPs are finding their feet in the British parliament following its landslide election victory.
Starmer flies to Washington
Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard are here with their guide to the day ahead in politics. On the day new MPs …
Britain’s new power list: 12 people you need to know in the UK Labour government
Prime Minister Keir Starmer is now in office. These are the people who really matter in his government.
Can Nigel Farage ride the wave of right-wing populism?
The Reform party’s success in capturing votes in the U.K. general election could only be the start.
Keir Starmer: I didn’t believe the exit poll
The U.K.’s new PM said he was getting used to being called by his new title — but was still happy to be addressed by his first name.
Who could replace Rishi Sunak?
Meet the candidates vying to lead the Tories after the party’s worst election defeat in history.
Keir Starmer officially becomes new British PM — live updates
PM Keir Starmer spoke to the press — and Foreign Secretary David Lammy is already off to Europe.
Battle for Conservative Party’s soul begins after election bloodbath
The Tory leadership race has already begun.
Why a disillusioned, angry Britain voted for change
A tour of Britain’s provincial towns reveals a restless nation with no love for its political class.
How the Tory campaign melted down in 6 disastrous weeks
Rishi Sunak played a bad hand appallingly — and paid a terrible price.
Sinn Féin dominates Northern Ireland with unionists in post-Brexit shambles
Irish republican party completes hat trick of first-place elections finishes.
Jeremy Corbyn leads left-wing Gaza revolt against Labour
Independent MPs set to be thorn in PM Keir Starmer’s side over the Middle East.
Europe’s leaders welcome Starmer after ‘historic’ UK election
European Council President Charles Michel hails a “new cycle for the U.K.”
Nigel Farage storms the UK parliament. Cue the Jaws music.
Donald Trump’s top right-wing British ally warned he wants to “challenge the general election properly in 2029” after being elected for the first time.
Who is Keir Starmer? Britain’s new prime minister is complex, unknowable, aggrieved
Starmer could be a great reforming Labour PM. Or he could be, as his thwarted enemies call him, a Tory in red.
Labour wins landslide in UK election
Keir Starmer is U.K. prime minister after biggest victory since Tony Blair.
UK election results 2024: Who won across the country
Labour have crushed the Tories on historic night that saw ex-PM Liz Truss lose her seat.
UK election: Animals at polling stations! Who’s your favorite?
It’s been a paw-litical spectacle as Britain heads to the ballot box.