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Sunak and Starmer grilled in election interviews – four key issues assessed by experts

We’re at around the midway point of the 2024 election campaign and the two main party leaders have undergone a grilling by Sky News. This was not a head-to-head debate but two separate interviews with Sky’s political editor Beth Rigby, followed by questions from the public.

The Conversation

From Partygate to Post Office to D-day: five ways ITV has shaken up the election

The broadcaster, free of the paralysing attention focused on the BBC, has defined many of the moments on which July’s vote might hinge

The Guardian - UK

Why is nobody talking about Brexit in the UK election?

The once defining issue in British politics has barely featured in this summer’s campaign

The Guardian - UK

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From ‘hug a husky’ to ‘max out the oil’: the Tory environmental journey

We look back through 14 years of Conservative manifestos at policies on net zero, energy, transport and more

The Guardian - UK

Trust in British politics hits record low, latest BSA survey finds

Four in five Britons dissatisfied with how they are governed, with collapse blamed on Partygate, Brexit and poor services

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage's Reform to leapfrog Tories into second place in key Red Wall seat of Hartlepool - survey

Hartlepool was the site of Boris Johnson’s greatest victory in 2021 before his premiership fell apart

Evening Standard

With this half-hearted, delusional manifesto, Rishi Sunak has all but given up

It would take a political genius to rescue the Tories now. Instead they have a leader more suited to churning out quarterly reports, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

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Levelling up has been a total failure – here’s the evidence

In the UK’s 2019 general election, regional inequality took centre stage. Conservative candidate Boris Johnson harnessed the widespread pro-Brexit sentiment and capitalised on how the Labour Party had been weakened under Jeremy Corbyn to storm to victory.

The Conversation

Northern Ireland: the three electoral threats keeping the DUP awake at night

“Get Brexit done” was the slogan that carried then prime minister Boris Johnson to an 80-seat majority in the 2019 general election. And sure enough, his government did indeed go on to secure the UK’s exit from the European Union.

The Conversation

Why the Lib Dems pledge to reverse Brexit is their best chance this election

In 2019 the Lib Dem promise to reverse Brexit was an election disaster for the party, but five years on things are different

The Independent UK

Six of Douglas Ross's worst moments as Scottish Tory leader

THE time has finally come. Douglas Ross has announced he is stepping down from his role as Scottish Tory leader.

The National (Scotland)

‘I want to win everywhere’: Keir Starmer sets out scale of Labour ambitions

Leader talks of ‘fully costed, fully funded’ plans for NHS, nursery places, social care and university funding

The Guardian - UK

Tories embroiled in hypocrisy row over anti-Ulez pledge

Shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh told The Independent the Conservatives’ plan for drivers is ‘rank hypocrisy from a party in total chaos’

The Independent UK

General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP in...Uxbridge and South Ruislip?

Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election

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The Guardian - UK

Beer and new TVs: Euro 2024 ‘to fuel £2.75bn spree for UK shops and pubs’

First men’s summer tournament since pandemic and favourable kick-off times set to boost struggling UK pubs and bars

The Guardian - UK

Tory press know influence is waning but tread careful line before election

Gone are the days when Rupert Murdoch’s favour swayed the vote but newspapers still hold power over party’s future

The Guardian - UK

From humiliation to annihilation: could this election mean the end of the Tory party as we know it?

Even before the events of last week, the party’s prospects were grim. Now some believe it faces a wipeout that would reshape the UK political landscape

The Guardian - UK

‘Bigoted woman’ and fridge-hiding: a history of election gaffes after Sunak’s D-day disaster

Prime minister is not the first party leader to make bad decisions during the heat of a general election campaign

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Anger mounts at Washington Post over leadership changes and CEO’s record

Will Lewis’s appointment of his ex-Telegraph lieutenant Robert Winnett sparks fears journalism will be diminished

The Conversation

Why the UK really does need a clear plan to fix adult social care

Social care is set to be a central theme in the forthcoming UK general election. In the first electoral debate, held on June 4, 2024, Labour leader Keir Starmer promised a full plan to be published within the party’s manifesto. Sunak was altogether vaguer on what the Conservatives aim to…

International Business Times

UK Conservatives Stare Defeat In The Face Even In Stronghold

Even in Surrey, a historic stronghold of UK Conservatives, voters are tempted to give opposition parties a chance at the July 4 general election, saying successive governments have "made a mess of it".

Evening Standard

Will Michael Gove do Strictly? All the rumoured next jobs for Tory MPs

They ran the country, but now they’re moving on. What’s next for Matt Hancock, Sajid Javid, Nadhim Zahawi, Dominic Raab, and the rest?

The Guardian - UK

‘Cannot be trusted’: traditional farming voter base turns away from Tories

Many disenchanted farmers are seeking new political homes. Can Labour and the Lib Dems capitalise on this opportunity?

Evening Standard

Housing market 'primed to surge' after election as interest rate cuts come into view

Is a ‘Starmer spurt’ on the way?

Evening Standard

General Election poll: Labour and Tory manifestos could be key as voters less swayed by Sunak and Starmer

Exclusive Ipsos poll for The Standard is published as Labour chiefs sign off its manifesto at meeting in London

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