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Assa Samake-Roman: Purge of Labour’s left shows UK desperately needs electoral reform

IT’S been nearly a week since Labour’s selection process erupted into controversy, and what many initially predicted would fade from memory has…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 5, 2024

Sunak and Starmer clash in heated first debate of UK general election

The two men clash over tax, health and the cost of living in fractious debate that failed to land any knockout blows.

Al Jazeera · Jun 5, 2024

Sunak and Starmer clash in fiery first debate of UK general election

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer sparred Tuesday over tax, the cost of living and the country’s creaking health system in an inconclusive televised debate ahead of a July 4 election expected to make one of them the country's next leader.

France 24 · Jun 5, 2024

Tory Facebook group members unimpressed by Sunak’s debate performance

Exclusive: Rishi Sunak narrowly won the Yougov poll reacting to the debate but failed to win over many Tory members

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2024

Hostile environment, Brexit and missed targets: 14 years of Tory immigration policy

Migration is a top issue for some voters and candidates in the UK’s general election. The last 14 years of Conservative policy have introduced restrictive policies on both legal and irregular migration. And yet, net migration stands at 685,000, a near historic high.

The Conversation · Jun 4, 2024

Why Nigel Farage’s Reform is a company and not a party - and what that means

Nigel Farage is director and majority shareholder of Reform UK - which he insists will ‘democratise over time’

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2024

Labour and Tories ‘avoiding reality’ of sharp spending cuts after general election, says think-tank

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) criticised the current fiscal rules which are ‘arbitrary and gameable’

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2024

Labour promises 300,000 extra NHS appointments, scans and operations in London

Wes Streeting has accused the Tories of wrecking the ‘golden inheritance’ in the NHS left by the last Labour Government

Evening Standard · Jun 4, 2024

Labour party manifesto: What will be Keir Starmer’s key policies for the general election?

A guide to all the manifesto promises we could expect to see from Labour before July 4

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2024

Sunak was offered a deal to stop Farage and decided to reject it

Exclusive: A late bid was made to broker a deal between Sunak and Reform which could have saved scores of Tory MPs

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2024