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Sunak warned he has two weeks to persuade Tory voters back from Reform or face humiliation

Sunak is on the ropes as one poll puts Reform ahead of the Tories and a second sees gap close again

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak says he is ‘incredibly angry’ about betting allegations in BBC Question Time election special – as it happened

Prime minister says suspects must face ‘full force of law’ if found guilty; Labour, SNP and Lib Dem leaders speak during programme

The Guardian - UK

Are the Tories running the worst General Election campaign of all time?

It’s hard to fathom how a political party could do any worse at electioneering...

The National (Scotland)

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The Guardian view on the climate and the election: a gulf divides science from policy

Editorial: Politicians must raise their ambitions. The rising threat from high temperatures means the green transition cannot be delayed

The Guardian - UK

Tory candidate 'considering legal action against BBC' amid election betting scandal

THE betting scandal engulfing Rishi Sunak’s faltering campaign intensified when a Tory candidate said she “will be co-operating with the…

The National (Scotland)

All bets off on trust for the Tories as election gambling scandal engulfs campaign

A new poll has put Reform UK ahead as the Tories go into meltdown about the betting scandal linked to Rishi Sunak’s inner circle

The Independent UK

Who are the five Reform UK candidates predicted to win their seats?

The shock YouGov poll also predicts the Tories would drop to just 108 seats, losing 257 of the seats they won in 2019

The Independent UK

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Nigel Farage’s Reform is in line for hundreds of thousands in public funding if it wins seats in the election

Nigel Farage’s party, Reform UK, has a reputation for being chaotic and even unprofessional. But winning seats in the House of Commons would be a significant step on the road to becoming a political party akin to all the others.

The Conversation

How the UK’s social security system stopped tackling poverty

The cost of living is the most important issue for many voters this election. It’s no surprise why. In 2022, nearly 4 million people in the UK experienced destitution, meaning they could not meet their basic physical needs such as having enough to eat and staying warm.

The Conversation

Polls mask many ‘undecideds’ and fuel Labour worry about mobilising voters

Candidates say situation is more volatile than numbers suggest but no pollsters detect swing back to Conservatives

The Guardian - UK

General Election London 2024 seats: Who is my MP in...Streatham and Croydon North?

Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election

Evening Standard

Holyrood authorities investigate SNP over campaign spending

HOLYROOD authorities are investigating the SNP over allegedly inappropriate use of public money to fund the party’s election campaign.

The National (Scotland)

Michael Gove says Covid to blame for Tories' failure to end rough sleeping by 2024

The outgoing Housing Secretary said the Conservatives will now aim to eliminate rough sleeping in the next Parliament

Evening Standard

Fig rolls, hard hats and micromanagement: Behind the scenes with Michael Gove on the Tory battle bus

The Independent’s Archie Mitchell joined Gove for a ride on the campaign trail but came away with more questions than answers

The Independent UK

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Leaked emails 'leave council position in tatters' amid Alba banner row

LEAKED emails show that a Labour council chief was advised Alba were breaking no rules by hanging election banners – before officials ordered the…

The Independent UK

Peter Mandelson resigns from board of lobbying firm weeks before Labour set to enter No 10

Polls suggest Sir Keir Starmer’s party on course for a landslide on July 4

Evening Standard

General Election London 2024 seats: Who is my MP in...Erith and Thamesmead?

Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election

The Guardian - UK

Campaign catchup: 24 hours of Tory omnishambles, Labour housing, and Lib Dem melon drama

In today’s newsletter: A frantic 24 hours for the party sees their campaign going from bad to worse – here’s what happened

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The Independent UK

Racist posts sent to Labour’s Dawn Butler after viral campaign video reported to police

Exclusive: The posts targetting Dawn Butler have been reported to police as a campaign is launched to address abuse aimed at Black women in politics

The Conversation

A British ‘supermajority’ is nonsense – but a Labour landslide still has consequences

In a somewhat unusual tactic for a governing party seeking re-election, senior Conservative figures have all but conceded defeat two weeks before polling day. Instead of campaigning on their plans for another term in government, cabinet ministers, from the prime minister down, have taken to warning of the dangers of…

Evening Standard

OPINION - All bets are off: The Tories might be having the worst campaign in British election history

As they always said would happen, the polls began to narrow. Keir Starmer came unstuck on questions around taxation. The Rwanda scheme was finally up and running by late May. The Bank of England cut interest rates in mid-June. Nigel Farage decided to stay out of the campaign. And the…

The Conversation

Ten seats where Reform poses a threat to the Tories

With Nigel Farage’s surprise return to frontline politics and Reform surging in the polls, there is increasingly fevered speculation as to how much damage Reform will do to the Conservatives in the election, and whether they will even overtake the Tories in terms of vote share.

Evening Standard

General Election London 2024 results: Who is my MP in...Leyton and Wanstead?

Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election

The Guardian - UK

Why is the Tory press in a frenzy? Is it WW3 or the climate crisis? No – it’s VAT on private schools

Warnings of a looming apocalypse tell us more about Britain than Labour’s modest plan to make education slightly less unequal, says English teacher Lola Okolosie

The Guardian - UK

‘We are backing ourselves’: Labour aims to turn tide on Tories in Essex

Party could make historic inroads in places such as Southend but many of the races look very tight

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