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Campaign catchup: A rabbit-free manifesto, a So Solid revival, and David Cameron’s mum

In today’s newsletter: Why Labour is making a virtue of a policy programme bereft of new ideas

The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2024

Sunak’s closest aide apologises for placing £100 bet on July election date

Craig Williams, who placed bet three days before PM made election announcement, says ‘I made huge error of judgment’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2024

David Cameron says he ‘doesn’t feel sorry’ for Rishi Sunak having to defend Tory record in government

Lord David Cameron said Rishi Sunak is a ‘very effective prime minister’ who wants to ‘go on doing his job’

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2024

Dirty waters: how the Environment Agency lost its way

The long read: Having created a watchdog for the environment, the government took its teeth out and muzzled it. Can public outrage rouse the Environment Agency to action?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2024

Sunak blames D-Day events ‘running over’ after turning up late to ITV interview he skipped event for

The prime minister was condemned for skipping events to mark the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings to return home for a sit down with ITV

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2024

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 · Jun 12, 2024

Campaign catchup: Conservative manifesto; Farage pelted again; Green candidate defects

In today’s newsletter: Breaking down what was in the Tory manifesto, more items lobbed at the Reform leader, and a surprising defection in Scotland

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2024

Social care is a timebomb beneath Britain – why does neither main party have a plan to tackle it?

Plans to fund adult care have been derided as a ‘dementia tax’ or a ‘death tax’. The carers I visited showed me that what they need is both urgent and simple, says the Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2024

Immigration: how 14 years of Tory rule have changed Britain – in charts

Net migration is more than two and a half times the 2010 figure despite a string of Tory pledges to reduce it

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2024

The Observer view on D-day furore: Rishi Sunak is driving Tories over an electoral cliff edge

Prime minister’s gaffe was a defining moment in his campaign symbolising a party that does not know what it stands for and has nothing to offer

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024