Labour and Tories renew clashes in ill-tempered second election debate Angela Rayner and Penny Mordaunt spar over taxes, defence and cost of living as others jostle for attention The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2024
Mordaunt condemns Sunak as ‘wrong’ over D-Day as TV debate becomes ‘unedifying’ row The seven-party television debate became a slanging match between Penny Mordaunt and Angela Rayner The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2024
General election: The best quotes from the BBC 7-way party debate From ‘Blair without the flair’ to a Tory cabinet minister’s admission that Rishi Sunak’s decision to leave the D-Day commemorations early was ‘completely wrong’ The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2024
BBC general election debate LIVE: Mordaunt says Sunak leaving D-Day ‘completely wrong’ and clashes with Rayner over tax Leading figures from seven UK political parties going head-to-head in the debate on Friday evening Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2024
How will seven parties hope to make their mark in BBC election debate? With Penny Mordaunt, Angela Rayner, Daisy Cooper, Nigel Farage and more, expect sparky and chaotic exchanges The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2024
Diane Abbott to stand to be Hackney Labour MP as Starmer’s Labour confirms candidates Move comes days after she swiftly deleted a tweet accusing her party leader of lying about his respect for her The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2024
Jeremy Corbyn takes aim at Keir Starmer over ‘utter disgrace’ of Labour treatment of Diane Abbott Former party leader takes aim at Sir Keir Starmer and his team as he warns treatment of veteran MP was an ‘utter disgrace’ The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2024
Angela Rayner 'sells out principles' as anti-Trident tweet resurfaces ANGELA Rayner has come under fire after suggesting the Tories would “steal £30 a week off disabled people” to help fund Trident – as she gave… The National (Scotland) · Jun 4, 2024
Angela Rayner said she wants to scrap nuclear weapons hours after Starmer said shadow cabinet backs him Angela Rayner and shadow foreign secretary David Lammy voted against renewing the Trident nuclear deterrent in 2016 The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2024
Rayner hasn’t ‘changed mind’ on nuclear weapons but backs Labour policy Deputy leader has voted against renewing Trident but says she supports ‘triple lock’ commitment to programme in near term The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2024
Diane Abbott accuses Keir Starmer of lying in swiftly deleted tweet The veteran Labour MP accused Sir Keir of being dishonest in claiming that he has “more respect for Diane than she probably realises” The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2024
Keir Starmer marches his troops onto traditional Tory territory in battle for best party on defence The Labour leader reaffirmed his party’s commitment to a ‘nuclear deterrent triple lock’. Evening Standard · Jun 3, 2024
UK’s nuclear deterrent key to Starmer’s plans to keep Britain safe Labour leader Keir Starmer will meet with forces veterans and a group of his party’s candidates when he campaigns in the North West of England on Monday The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2024
Labour and Conservative battlebuses hit the road, but ‘lonely figure’ Sunak seems like a solo traveller Keir Starmer launched his campaign bus on Saturday with his senior shadow cabinet members, but Tory ‘big beasts’ appeared to have deserted the PM in Redcar The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024
The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2024 Battle buses see parties take the general election show on the road After a series of MPs dramatically crossed the floor to join Labour, Keir Starmer joked that the buses were like Tory defectors – ‘You wait for ages and then three come along in a row’
Evening Standard · Jun 1, 2024 General Election show on the road as parties launch battle buses Labour and the Conservatives both launched their battle buses on the weekend.
The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2024 ‘I’ve dealt with that’: Keir Starmer dodges questions about Diane Abbott Rishi Sunak said it was ‘clear’ Angela Rayner is in charge as allies deny the Labour leader was bounced into a decision
Evening Standard · Jun 1, 2024 Sunak pledges cash to towns as Starmer pitches ‘wealth creation’ amid election campaign The Prime Minister has gone viral on TikTok for being cornered by a student, while Sir Keir Starmer fought discontent over candidate selection.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024 Starmer has given in to the Labour left over Diane Abbott, says Sunak – as it happened The prime minister said if Starmer was elected then he would also pander to the left in power
The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024 Starmer admits he flew by private jet to clean energy jobs rally in Scotland Labour leader says it was ‘most efficient form of transport’ from Wales and party has offset the carbon
The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024 Scottish Labour leader says Diane Abbott should be allowed to run in election Anas Sarwar says he agrees with Angela Rayner that north London MP is ‘a historic figure in our party’
The Independent UK · May 31, 2024 Keir Starmer distances himself from Angela Rayner in row over Diane Abbott The Labour leader broke with Ms Rayner and declined to give a view on whether the veteran left-winger should be allowed to run as a Labour candidate
The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024 ‘I love campaigning’: Angela Rayner on being back in action after being cleared in tax row Exclusive: Labour’s deputy leader talks openly about the impact on her of the Tory-led controversy about her past living arrangements
The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2024 Keir Starmer put on the back foot over treatment of Diane Abbott Labour spent the day in a muddle of its own making over whether or not the north London MP would be standing again
The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2024 ‘Purge’ of Labour leftwingers must end, Keir Starmer told Labour leader accused of ‘cull’ and picking close allies to contest safe seats as others are blocked from standing for party in UK election