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Has Reform really overtaken the Tories in the polls? And does that mean it could beat them on July 4?

A YouGov poll has put Reform UK ahead of the Conservatives for the first time. After a terrible few weeks of election campaigning, the Tories are on 18% while Reform has edged ahead to 19%. The same poll gave Labour 37% and the Liberal Democrats 14%.

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Labour consider biggest Whitehall shake-up in decades as Keir Starmer strives to deliver key manifesto pledges

Plans to help party drive its policies through the civil service overseen by Sue Gray, who wrote Partygate report into Boris Johnson

The Independent UK

It’s the Sunak syndrome: you’re richer than the king but only ‘pass’ at being posh. That’s the class system for you

Like the characters in Ripley and Saltburn, the perfectly well-to-do PM longs to be even better-to-do, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Tories claim Labour plans tax raid on home sales in ‘desperate’ bid to change election fortunes

The Tories were branded ‘desperate’ after producing a document claiming Labour has ‘18 secret taxes’ in a desperate bid to close the poll gap

The Independent UK

Tories face new questions over Sunak aide who placed bet on July election

Labour has asked what role Craig Williams played in election date discussions and when party knew about bet

The Guardian - UK

Ed Davey’s celebration of fatherhood is unusual in politics – we are all better off when men do more of the caring

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey’s spotlight on unpaid care and male caregiving has never been more necessary. In addition to photo ops at theme parks and falling into lakes, Davey has put out a more serious party election broadcast featuring his personal story of caring for his teenage son John,…

The Conversation

What will Labour actually do in government? Manifesto clues point to a surprisingly radical agenda

Since the first polls of the official election campaign came out earlier this month, there has been talk of Labour repeating its 1997 landslide.

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‘Uncharted waters’: elections guru Prof Sir John Curtice on 4 July predictions

His exit poll model has previously proved accurate, but ‘we will spend a lot of the day really worrying’, he says

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Tom Newton Dunn: The race for Tory leader has begun already — and it's a 16-way brawl

“The problem with my dear fellow Tory MPs is they all think they’re Winston Churchill,” a weary Cabinet minister told me this week. “Every single one of them.” Like many in the Conservative Party now, the minister has given up hope over the general election result.

Evening Standard

How much will Labour and the Tory manifestos appeal to London's voters?

Professor Patrick Diamond, Director of the Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London, examines the two key documents

Evening Standard

Sunak confident Tories will not come third at general election after latest damaging poll

Speaking at the G7 summit in Italy the PM said there was plenty of time for a ‘comeback’ for the Tories

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting defends Labour's manifesto and likens Rishi Sunak's to 'Liz Truss on steroids'

Shadow health secretary also slams ‘crocodile tears’ of private schools over Labour VAT plan

Evening Standard

'Don't believe him': Stephen Flynn tears into Nigel Farage on ITV live debate

STEPHEN Flynn tore into Nigel Farage last night in a live TV debate over migration and Brexit as the audience erupted in laughter ...

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Hard-right Reform UK Outstrips Tories For First Time In Poll: YouGov

The new poll, conducted on Wednesday and Thursday, shows Brexiteer Nigel Farage's Reform with 19 percent support going into national elections next month, compared to the Conservatives' 18 percent. Both are trailing far behind the center-left Labor party.

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The Guardian - UK

General election live: Starmer tells Nick Robinson he is ‘not complacent’ about becoming PM – as it happened

BBC presenter will sit down with Labour leader after interview with PM aired earlier this week

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Sunak warns of Labour ‘blank cheque’ as Tories fall behind Farage in poll

PM says he is still fighting for every vote as Reform UK overtakes Tories in pre-election survey for first time

The Independent UK

Tory members flood online groups with sexists slurs over Penny Mordaunt and declare Farage debate winner

Exclusive: Penny Mordaunt put up a feisty performance in the ITV election debate but was criticised by some Tory members

Evening Standard

Penny Mordaunt brands Nigel Farage 'Labour enabler' in heated TV debate

Reform UK overtook the Tories in a major poll for the first time in the election campaign on Thursday

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Nigel Farage's Reform UK torpedoes Rishi Sunak getting to 'base camp' to close gap on Labour, says poll expert

Professor of Politics Sir John Curtice stressed that former Tory voters were deserting the party for Reform

The Independent UK

Curtice warns that YouGov poll putting Reform ahead proves ‘things are going backwards’ for Tories

Polling experts are at odds over the accuracy of Reform’s real vote in the election surveys so far

The Guardian - UK

You be the judge: should I have to tell my husband who I’m voting for in the general election?

Mandy does not want to discuss politics with Barry, while he is irritated by her evasiveness. But you get the final vote in this dispute

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: The ins and outs of Labour’s unspectacular manifesto

In today’s newsletter: Keir Starmer stood on a platform for change when launching his party’s document for winning the election. But how much is being promised by Labour’s manifesto?

The Guardian - UK

Female UK election candidates report increased abuse

Politicians, activists and charities say online harassment is particularly bad, including hate speech and disinformation

The Guardian - UK

Hope is not enough: people want to know that Keir Starmer can fix things

Labour’s downbeat manifesto for a downbeat nation reflects the feeling that voters want action now – not grandiose words, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Reform’s split of right-leaning vote could prove devastating for Tories

The election dynamic has changed and Nigel Farage’s party does not need to win seats to damage Conservatives

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