This Month
Britain’s ultra-rich ‘non-doms’ prepare to flee Labour tax rise
Living in the UK but not legally domiciled, they pay more than £8 billion in taxes a year, and now Keir Starmer’s new government plans to increase their levies.
- Ben Stupples
Work-free Friday nights ‘unrealistic’ for CEOs
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he tries not to work past 6pm on a Friday. Some of Australia’s top CEOs say that wouldn’t fly in their world.
- Euan Black
Albanese congratulates Keir Starmer on emphatic victory
The two prime ministers discussed the AUKUS submarines agreement, climate change policy and the war in Ukraine.
- Tom McIlroy
‘We will fight until you believe again’: Starmer vows to fix Britain
Keir Starmer has officially become the UK’s new prime minister after a landslide victory in the polls and says he will lead a government focused on public service.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
- Opinion
- UK election
Starmer can help Britain redeem itself
With a towering majority, a well-disciplined team and a ruthless instinct for power, Keir Starmer can restore some of the respect the Tories destroyed.
- Adrian Wooldridge
Labour’s sweeping victory in Britain is terrible news for Peter Dutton
The UK general election was fought over problems that are familiar to many Australian voters, which is why the outcome looks bad for the Coalition.
- Aaron Patrick
Former PM Liz Truss loses her seat
Labour claims majority; Rishi Sunak calls Starmer to concede; the country’s shortest-serving leader loses her seat. How the day unfolded.
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- Andrew Hobbs and Lucy Slade
Knives out: Tory collapse sparks bitter blame game
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under fire after an exit poll shows the Conservative Party is set for the worst result in its history.
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- Lucy Fisher
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- UK election
‘Politicians are being voted out’: Warning for incumbents in UK result
Geopolitical and polling experts said the British poll showed fragmentation and populism, trends that could play into Australia’s 2025 election.
- Tom McIlroy and Patrick Durkin
- Opinion
- UK election
The Conservatives imploded. Labour simply filled the vacuum
Labour’s landslide shares some parallels with Tony Blair’s 1997 win but those end with Keir Starmer’s small target strategy and threadbare policy.
- Michael Turner
How London turned against the Tories
London might be the home of the professional and business elite but the UK election result effectively shut the Tories out of the English capital.
- Mark Ludlow
Labour set for landslide win as UK votes
Britons began casting their ballots, as opinion polls suggest a Labour win of historic proportions. But the many tight three-way contests could still deliver a surprise.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
- Analysis
- UK election
How will Keir Starmer change the UK?
As a Labour government gets set to take the reins after 14 years of Conservative rule, what will Starmer do with power in his first 100 days and beyond?
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- Hans van Leeuwen
- Analysis
- World elections
Why Starmer should now play prosecutor on Brexit
Labour and the Tories have avoided the topic, but a full audit of the impact of leaving the EU would deliver political and economic benefits to incoming ministers.
- Robert Shrimsley
Boris Johnson in surprise late move to avert Tory wipeout
Making his first public appearance of the campaign, the former prime minister said Labour would “destroy so much of what we have achieved��.
- Alex Wickham
Why angry Britain will this week finally dump the Tories
Five PMs, five elections and a three-ring circus: over 14 years, the Conservative government sowed the seeds of its own downfall – and leaves a mixed legacy.
- Hans van Leeuwen
June
- Opinion
- UK
Will Keir Starmer go wobbly on AUKUS?
The fantasy of a post-Brexit “global Britain” is gone, but British Labour says it will be everywhere around the world, and all at once.
- James Curran
With nothing left to lose, Sunak goes on the attack
A sharper-sounding prime minister is betting that sowing fear might save the Tory furniture even if it can’t prevent an election loss.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Assange row erupts; Law firms boom; Meet Australia’s priciest lawyer
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Rishi Sunak uses TV debate to try to avert Tory electoral meltdown
With new opinion polls pointing to a massive Labour majority, the PM came out fighting, insisting that Sir Keir Starmer would raise taxes and allow spending to spiral.
- George Parker, Lucy Fisher and Rafe Uddin
