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Fewer than 200,000 Britons living abroad apply to vote in UK election

Lack of awareness and obstacles such as last-known UK address requests cited as reasons for low participation

The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2024

Wes Streeting urges junior doctors to cancel strikes and promises ‘day one’ call

The shadow health secretary said he would be on the phone to junior doctors on the first day of a Labour government to resolve the dispute.

Evening Standard · Jun 16, 2024

Wes Streeting fails to rule out council tax rise if Labour wins election

Shadow health secretary says ‘we will not make promises we cannot keep or that the country cannot afford’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2024

Labour hold four-point lead over SNP – but independence question remains tight

LABOUR hold a four-point lead over the SNP in a new Scotland-only Westminster poll, new data has shown...

The National (Scotland) · Jun 16, 2024

Sir Keir’s not here to entertain. If the media wants politics as panto, it’s playing in Clacton

Complaints that the Labour campaign is dull are a tribute to its steely professionalism

The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2024

HMRC has failed to fine a single ‘enabler’ of offshore tax fraud in five years

Landmark powers to impose huge fines to tackle tax evasion and avoidance are ‘pointless’, figures show

The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2024

Struggle to damp down inflation leaves Tories’ election hopes high and dry

An improving economy was supposed to boost Sunak’s campaign. But growth is flatlining, and there is little hope of an interest rate cut this week

The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2024

Tories and Labour clash on tax as General Election battles intensify

The Tories are fighting on two fronts, trying to take on Labour on tax while clinging on to voters considering shifting to Reform UK.

Evening Standard · Jun 16, 2024

A wobbly left and a wary right could cut the Labour vote with low turnout

Labour may currently have a commanding lead, but a second lacklustre half to the campaign could lead some voters to stay at home, writes political scientist Robert Ford

The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2024

The Observer view on the French election: Emmanuel Macron is playing a dangerous game

The president wants to save France from itself, but he may just be handing the country over to the far right

The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2024