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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

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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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

Rayner and Mordaunt clash again in heated seven-way TV debate

Tax and spending plans central themes as same lineup of panellists given second televisual outing

The Guardian - UK

Starmer taunts Tories as he pitches Labour as ‘the party of wealth creation’ in polished manifesto launch

Keir Starmer deliberately moved his party onto Tory ground with a new offer to the UK but questions remained about how he will afford it

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage’s Reform party overtakes Tories for first time in new YouGov poll

Former Ukip leader told millions of viewers watching ITV election debate ‘we are now the opposition to Labour’

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Labour ‘the party of wealth creation’ not wealthy Tories

Labour has taken aim at the Tory chief executive Stephen Massey, after a complany he is a non-executive director of paid a dividend of £26.5million to its parent company based in Jersey in 2023.

The Independent UK

'You're not English': Woman tells mixed-race journalist Enoch Powell had 'right idea'

A BRITISH journalist was told to “stop where you are” during an interview with a woman in Lee Anderson’s constituency.

The National (Scotland)

‘He’s been silly, hasn’t he?’: Welshpool voters on Craig Williams’ election bet

Mid-Wales constituency abuzz with talk of its MP’s flutter – but people are disappointed

The Guardian - UK

Labour manifesto admits Covid corruption tsar may raise no money at all

After initially promising a Covid corruption tsar would raise billions, Labour appears to have admitted the figure may raise no money at all

The Independent UK

The man behind the manifesto: Labour’s quiet policy chief

Unshowy Ravinder Athwal joined Labour in 2020 from the Treasury, where he worked under Rishi Sunak

The Guardian - UK

General Election London: Find out who will be your next MP from new interactive map of 75 constituencies

Millions of voters across London will go to the polls on July 4 to elect their MP and the new Government. The Standard looks at how seats could change hands across the capital

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on the Labour manifesto: Keir Starmer’s plans could face a long haul

Editorial: Voters are ready for a change of government, but lack of enthusiasm for the opposition’s programme may spell trouble ahead

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Labour pledges to recruit 6,500 new teachers – but research shows the ones we already have need a better deal

Labour has promised in its manifesto to recruit 6,500 new teachers. As part of a plan to boost education standards, the party intends to pay for these new teachers, in key subjects and hard-to-staff areas, by ending some tax breaks for private schools.

The Conversation

Labour plans House of Lords age limit and immediate end to hereditary peers – constitutional reform proposals explained

The Labour party has committed to immediately legislating to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords if elected to government. It will also impose retirement on members of the House of Lords at the age of 80.

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer faces questions over cost of Labour manifesto

Leader accused of being part of a ‘conspiracy of silence’ over economic challenges ahead as he launches wealth creation plan for government

The Guardian - UK

Rayner, Mordaunt, Farage and others quizzed on NHS, education and migration in general election debate clash – as it happened

Party representatives asked how they would fix a health service that is ‘on its knees’

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The Guardian - UK

A braver Labour would call an end to the focus on growth

Letters: Dr Ian Saville and Ben Norman respond to an article by Frances Ryan on Labour’s plans on tax and wealth creation

Evening Standard

General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP in Bethnal Green and Stepney?

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

The Guardian - UK

Winning a bet may be the best it’s going to get for Rishi Sunak and his team

When even Angela Rayner remains relentlessly on message, you know the election is in the bag / Things can only get betting – for Labour

The Independent UK

Sunak’s Tories hit Truss level of all-time low support as Brexit voters turn to Farage’s Reform

Three new polls have made dire reading for Rishi Sunak suggesting that Nigel Farage’s Reform may be passing the Tories

The National (Scotland)

How to watch the ITV General Election debate and who will be taking part

ITV will be hosting a General Election debate with seven senior party members to appear, find out how to watch and who will be appearing.

The National (Scotland)

Greens candidate apologises for 'unacceptable' post about Glasgow Subway

A SCOTTISH Greens election candidate has apologised after making “unacceptable” jokes about “being a 10 and letting anyone ride her” – in…

The Independent UK

Unions vow to ‘hold Labour’s feet to the fire’ over manifesto’s workers rights pledge

The Labour leader set out his party’s manifesto on Thursday, including the promise to introduce a ‘new deal for working people’ in under 100 days

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