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BBC to broadcast second Question Time special so Nigel Farage can appear

THE BBC will broadcast a second Question Time leaders’ special, it has been announced, because the first one won’t have Nigel Farage in it ...

The National (Scotland) · Jun 18, 2024

Brain drain fear at London town halls as almost 80 local councillors to stand at general election

Those likely to be elected to Parliament on July 4 include three Labour council leaders and a host of deputy leaders and cabinet members

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2024

How the Lib Dems might double their seats despite fewer votes – visualised

A combination of a more efficient vote and a rise in tactical voting gives Ed Davey an opportunity to double Commons representation

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2024

OPINION - If the polls are right, Keir Starmer will win a giant majority: could he handle it?

A century ago, in the general election of October 1924, Stanley Baldwin achieved a majority of 210 for the Conservatives; modestly describing the landslide as “a magnificent opportunity for service”. Though it is true that the National Government formed after the October 1931 election boasted a governing majority of no…

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2024

Carrie Johnson shares holiday pictures of her, Boris and children on beach in Sardinia

She shared photos with the caption ‘Beautiful Sardinia. Pasta, ice cream, beach. Repeat’

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2024

More than half of voters want Jeremy Corbyn back in the Labour Party, new poll reveals

Exclusive: Polling also shows that eight in 10 of Labour voters want the former leader back in the party

The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2024

'Embarrassing': Scottish Labour mocked over basic geography gaffe

SCOTTISH Labour have been called out by a Cabinet Secretary for not seeming “to know where they are” after a basic geography blunder ...

The National (Scotland) · Jun 18, 2024

The economic outlook is finally picking up — just in time for Starmer and Reeves

City Comment: The economic tone seems to be improving, but it might all hang on a tenth of a percentage point in this week’s inflation figures

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2024

Who is Jeremy Hunt? Chancellor praises Liz Truss' economic policies ahead of bitter election battle

Jeremy Hunt’s future as Conservative representative for Godalming and Ash hangs in the balance ahead of next month’s election

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2024

This should be the climate election. Instead we are in a frustrating, Farage-obsessed fantasyland

Bloviators and untruths continue to generate more news than common sense and the environment. But some parties are trying to make a difference, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2024