Blocked Labour candidate Faiza Shaheen ‘considering standing in election as an independent’ Had been set to run against former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2024
Victoria Atkins’ media outing for Tories sends the babbleometer off the scale Hardly seen since Rish! called the election, the health secretary appeared ready for at least five years R&R in opposition The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024
Labour deny promising peerages to get MPs to stand down THE Labour Party has denied offering peerages to former Labour MPs as incentives to quit and allow allies of Keir Starmer to stand in their… The National (Scotland) · Jun 2, 2024
Scottish Greens warn SNP against U-turn on oil and gas exploration THE Scottish Greens have warned the SNP not to U-turn on its presumption against new oil and gas exploration in the North Sea. The National (Scotland) · Jun 2, 2024
Diane Abbott still weighing up whether to stand for Labour, ally says, amid peerage offer claim Labour peer Shami Chakrabarti said she had advised her friend to ‘take some time to consider what she wants to do’ The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2024
For Labour, the Gaza crisis is a foreign policy tightrope in waiting Starmer’s belief in international law and the rise of Labour Friends of Israel offer clues to potential stance on Palestinian statehood The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024
Keir Starmer will 'directly harm Scotland' with pledge to cut net migration – SNP THE SNP have hit out at Keir Starmer’s pledge to cut net migration, accusing the Labour leader of “amping up a far-right belief” and… The National (Scotland) · Jun 2, 2024
Police probe Tory candidate after using Labour and Reform-style poster Tory candidate Robert Largan adopted the styles of Labour, Reform and the Green parties ahead of the July 4 election The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2024
Police reviewing Tory candidate Robert Largan’s campaign material Complaints made over slogans ‘Labour for Largan’ and ‘Reform for Robert’ and use of other parties’ colours The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024
Bohemian Bristol Central could be the one contest Labour loses on election night. Here’s why The Greens have their sights set on Britain’s most pro-migrant constituency, where people once rioted over a new Tesco, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024
Diane Abbott says she intends to ‘run and win’ as Labour candidate Party veteran says she has never been offered Lords seat and would not accept if offered The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024
Stephen Flynn says Labour government 'extremely dangerous' for Scotland STEPHEN FLYNN has warned that a Labour government would be “extremely dangerous” for Scotland. The National (Scotland) · Jun 2, 2024
Rory Stewart felt like a ‘fraud’ as a Tory MP Former Conservative minister Rory Stewart told Hay Festival he struggled without having time to see his family or go to Pret a Manger The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2024
UK politics: SNP’s Swinney warns general election will be ‘the biggest challenge for years’ – as it happened New leader tells activists in Glasgow that they must demonstrate the ‘relevance’ of independence to the cost of living crisis The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024 Socialism isn’t a dirty word. It’s simply about wanting to make a fairer society Labour’s leadership needn’t struggle to define the ideology; it’s in its very constitution
Evening Standard · Jun 2, 2024 Diane Abbott says she 'intends to run' as Labour’s candidate for Hackney North and Stoke Newington Labour contender denies being offered a peerage
The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024 ‘Gove saw the polls and realised he might lose’: Lib Dems hope to knock down Tory ‘blue wall’ in Surrey Ed Davey’s party is seeking to win over disillusioned Conservative voters in the Surrey Heath seat of outgoing minister Michael Gove
The National (Scotland) · Jun 2, 2024 ‘Put Scotland’s interests first’: John Swinney to officially launch SNP campaign JOHN Swinney will urge people to “vote SNP to put Scotland’s interests first” as he formally launches the party’s General Election…
The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2024 Keir Starmer pledges to slash ‘sky-high’ migration numbers under a Labour government Labour leader said: ‘Read my lips – I will bring immigration numbers down’ as he vowed to ‘control our borders’
The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024 You can laugh all you like at Ed Davey’s antics if they restore the Lib Dems’ clout The party’s primary ambition is to be once again the third largest force at Westminster
The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024 Baby boomers are much more worried about the NHS than their pensions, Mr Sunak The Conservatives are trying to bribe them without asking what they actually want
The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024 Starmer on Abbott: ‘I’ve actually got more respect for Diane than she probably realises’ The veteran leftwinger is ‘not like other candidates’, and the row over her did not arise as a result of party purges, Labour’s leader tells his biographer on the campaign trail
The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024 The affluent can have their souls enriched at university, so why not the poor as well? The latest Tory crusade over ‘rip-off’ degrees continues to stereotype students based on class
The National (Scotland) · Jun 2, 2024 Labour's left-wing purge may cause back bench rebellion, say experts A BACKLASH from Labour backbenchers is predicted if the party take power, despite the apparent purge of left-wing MPs and leftist would-be…
The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024 Must we pity put-upon parents sacrificing all to send their offspring to private school? The rightwing media are full of faux outrage about Labour’s plans to apply VAT to fees