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Watch live: Keir Starmer gives statement outside Downing Street for first time as prime minister

Downing Street remains quiet this morning (5 July), just hours after the Labour party won the general election in a landslide result.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak says 'sorry' to public after Keir Starmer’s Labour wins UK election

Rishi Sunak on Friday apologised to the public after his Conservatives were trounced by Labour in the UK general election, saying he would step down as party leader. Prime Minister-elect Keir Starmer pledged to start a period of "national renewal" in the UK after Labour crossed the 326-seat threshold for…

France 24

Watch live from 10 Downing Street as Britons vote in general election

Watch a live view of 10 Downing Street as Britons vote in the general election on Thursday 4 July.

The Independent UK

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Wednesday briefing: Can Keir Starmer hope to keep his family out of the spotlight?

In today’s newsletter: The Labour leader has kept details about his wife and children private, but that could prove difficult with a move to Downing Street

The Guardian - UK

Britain's True Ruler? Larry The Downing Street Cat

There has been one figure of stability in the last 14 years of political turmoil in the UK -- Larry the Downing Street cat.

International Business Times

How Sir Keir Starmer set a trap for Boris Johnson over Partygate scandal

The Labour leader said he knew Mr Johnson’s instinct under pressure would be to lie about Downing Street parties in the Commons

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak blew £50 taxpayer cash on custom ‘stopped’ stamp for gimmicky pre-election video

Exclusive: The prime minister sent a Downing Street staffer on the hunt in London for an ink-stamp in the shape of the word ‘stopped’ before slapping it on examples of visa applicants he was barring from Britain

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Rishi Sunak aide placed bet on election date days before announcement

Exclusive: £100 bet placed in Montgomeryshire – the constituency of Craig Williams – over July poll

The Guardian - UK

Back to flat: GDP growth set to hit zero as the economy struggles to expand

Official numbers for April predicted to make grim reading in Downing Street and add to calls for the Bank of England to cut interest rates

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage reveals plan for 'reverse takeover' of the Conservative Party

NIGEL Farage has set out his goal for Reform UK to effectively take over the Conservative Party – and potentially put him in Downing Street.

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak grilled over Partygate by worker whose mother died in pandemic

The prime minister was asked ‘how anyone can trust you’ by a man who was unable to visit his mother in hospital before she passed away in 2020 while parties were happening in Downing Street

The Independent UK

David Cameron ‘wasted’ £60k to fly private jet to see ‘drenched Rishi’

DAVID CAMERON has been slammed for “wasting” taxpayers money “to watch a Prime Minister getting drenched at Downing Street”, after it was…

The National (Scotland)

'Basically feral': Top civil servant's damning views of Boris Johnson revealed

THE UK’s top civil servant has apologised for his “raw, in-the-moment” WhatsApp messages about Boris Johnson and Downing Street colleagues at…

The National (Scotland)

UK election called for 4 July – what happens next?

On a rainy afternoon in London, an increasingly damp Rishi Sunak confirmed what many had been speculating for most of the day in a speech outside 10 Downing Street – that the UK is heading for an election earlier than anticipated. Here’s what to expect in the weeks ahead.

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Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak drowned out by protesters playing 'Things Can Only Get Better' as he announces snap election

One Liberal Democrat source joked ‘things will only get wetter’ as the Prime Minister was drenched outside Downing Street

The National (Scotland)

How to watch Rishi Sunak election announcement tonight

JOURNALISTS are gathered at Downing Street, as Rishi Sunak is widely reported to be announcing a General Election for July ...

The Independent UK

Watch from Downing Street on day Sunak announced general election date

Watch from Downing Street on the day that Rishi Sunak announced a general election for Thursday 4 July.

The National (Scotland)

General Election rumours abound as Rishi Sunak 'considers vote during Euros'

DOWNING Street has refused to rule out calling a General Election amid furious rumours swirling at Westminster ...

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No10 blocked veterans IDs at ballot box over fears it would ‘open floodgates’ to students, minister reveals

Johnny Mercer said plans to allow veterans IDs at polling stations were blocked by No10 over fears it would ‘open the floodgates’ to more students voting

The Guardian - UK

Akshata Murty: I try not to read the news now

Wife of Rishi Sunak says she finds coverage of her and her husband bizarre at times, mentioning the Adidas Sambas episode

The Guardian - UK

University bosses to visit Downing Street to discuss campus antisemitism

Rishi Sunak warns of ‘unacceptable rise’ as Gaza protests escalate and 10 students vow to go on hunger strike

The Guardian - UK

Unite warns it will hold back funds if Labour weakens plan on workers’ rights

Union leader Sharon Graham says Keir Starmer risks ‘limping into Downing Street’

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak summons university chiefs amid fears over antisemitism and Gaza campus protests

The Prime Minister is to meet vice chancellors at Downing Street to seek reassurance they are tackling antisemitism

The Guardian - UK

‘Five-year-old on acid’: Liz Truss’s Ten Years to Save the West, digested by John Crace

Sketchwriter’s take on memoir of PM who screwed up catastrophically and quickly but thinks there’s still work to do

Evening Standard

What is Martyn's Law? Manchester Arena bombing victim's mum to walk to Downing Street

Figen Murray tragically lost her son, Martyn Hett, when a terrorist detonated a suicide bomb after an Ariana Grande concert in 2017

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