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Pollster warns only one election question to be answered: ‘How big is the Tory loss?’

Exclusive: With seven days to go before the election the Techne UK tracker poll shows Sunak ‘cannot save the Tories’ from defeat

The Independent UK

Alex Salmond: Today's SNP politicians won't sacrifice anything for independence

ALEX Salmond has insisted his “biggest political mistake” was resigning as leader of the SNP after losing the 2014 independence referendum.

The National (Scotland)

Labour wants to build an NHS ‘fit for the future’. Can it cut waiting times?

The party’s pledge for the NHS is ‘hugely ambitious’, says one expert, though others are more optimistic.

The Guardian - UK

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Nigel Farage takes part in Question Time election special – as it happened

The leader of Reform UK was questioned by an audience in Birmingham as election campaigning enters its final days

The Guardian - AU

How the ‘unforced error’ of austerity wrecked Britain

The Tories’ cuts were an obvious economic blunder, but their disastrous consequences are still piling up – and there is little hope Labour will reverse the damage

The Guardian - UK

Nowhere is battle between SNP and Labour closer than this constituency

FOR connoisseurs of hysterical over-reactions to election results, one of the all-time classics must surely be the TV news report about the outcome…

The National (Scotland)

After SNP's narrow win in 2019, is this constituency an easy target for Unionists?

IT'S incredibly rare for the leader of a major party to lose their seat ...

The National (Scotland)

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‘Complacency terrifies me’: on the doorstep with Labour’s Wes Streeting

Shadow minister, in demand for his campaigning ability, believes some on left ‘allow perfect to be the enemy of good’

The Guardian - UK

Reform UK activist filmed using racial slur to describe Rishi Sunak while campaigning for Nigel Farage

Party activist Andrew Parker was caught using the racial slur while campaigning in Clacton, Essex, last week

The Independent UK

SNP councillor quits party saying independence just 'rhetoric to get votes'

AN SNP councillor has resigned from the party, saying independence had just become "rhetoric" used to get votes ...

The National (Scotland)

Met indicates Tory in betting scandal could be part of criminal investigation

Craig Williams could come under scope of criminal investigation as Met looks at possible misconduct in public office

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on televised election debates: the voters deserve better

Editorial: The TV contests between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer were sometimes illuminating, but they avoided the big questions facing Britain

The Guardian - UK

Labour v SNP: the general election is a closer race in Scotland

General elections in Scotland have been notoriously noncompetitive affairs since the 1970s. One party – first Labour and then the SNP – has typically won large landslides. In 2015, when most seats changed hands, the SNP wave was unstoppable.

The Conversation

The Farage faithful know he’s a fraud but they don’t care

The Reform UK candidate brought the air of a televangelist to a rally in Sunderland that was all show and no substance

The Guardian - UK

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The National (Scotland)

Alister Jack should be barred from Lords over election bets, John Swinney says

ALISTER Jack should be barred from taking a seat in the House of Lords after he admitted to gambling on the date of the General Election, the First…

The Guardian - UK

Message to Labour: don’t tax school fees. Make private schools work for the public good

Finding a balance between privatisation and nationalisation has defied past governments – the party must make this its mission, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Independent UK

From fears to regrets, an emotional Keir Starmer reveals what drives him

The Labour leader is often accused of lacking passion and personality. But, sitting down with editor-in-chief Geordie Greig days before the general election, Starmer ranged from welling up to barely suppressing anger as he revealed the motivation that has delivered him to the cusp of power – and his fears…

The National (Scotland)

'Not surprised': John Swinney tears into Labour over Tory-backing MP hopeful

JOHN Swinney has said he was “not surprised” to see footage of a Labour candidate claiming the party helped the Tories campaign in 2019.

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The Guardian - UK

Campaign catchup: Grumpy voters, a pottery throwdown, and a mishearing for the ages

In today’s newsletter: The final leaders’ debate is a bad-tempered affair echoing the mood for those out canvassing, although one doorstep interaction gives the best quote of election so far

The Guardian - UK

Ways to leaflet safely and avoid letterbox injuries

Letters: Readers advise on how best to navigate draft excluders and snappy dogs

The Conversation

There was a telling difference between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer’s use of pronouns in the final election debate

When Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer stepped up for their final head-to-head debate of the election campaign on June 26, something was very notable about their language.

The National (Scotland)

Party leaders urged to commit to ending gender pay gap ahead of election

WITH just one week left until the polls close on July 4, party leaders have been urged to commit to furthering the rights of women, including an end…

The Guardian - UK

Number of UK income tax payers leaps by 4.4m in three years due to threshold freeze

HMRC data shows 26% more people over state pension age paying tax on earnings than in 2021-22

The National (Scotland)

Anas Sarwar says Labour candidate lied with claim party 'helped Tories'

ANAS Sarwar has said a Labour candidate’s claim the party helped the Tories campaign in 2019 “wasn’t true” and as a “stupid thing to…

The Guardian - UK

‘They’re best for me’: New Forest voters keep faith with the Tories

Desmond Swayne is predicted to be re-elected yet again in a seat where most of the population are over 50 and some are ‘terrified of Labour’

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