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Labour tipped for historic win as UK voters go to the polls

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Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria arrive to cast their votes at a polling station in London on July 4, 2024 as Britain holds a general election. [AFP]

Britain voted Thursday in a general election widely expected to hand the opposition Labour party a landslide win and end nearly a decade and a-half of Conservative rule.

The first national ballot since Boris Johnson won the Tories a decisive victory in 2019 follows Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's surprise call to hold it six months earlier than required.

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