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Leader Ed Davey tells party members it is critical moment as Tories pour election funds into keeping blue wall seats

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

New poll gives Labour its biggest lead since Liz Truss meltdown as ‘Tory towns’ gain most from new funds

You remember Mondeo Man? The typical voter that Sir Tony Blair was keenest to target in 1997. In later elections there was Essex Man, Worcester Woman, Waitrose Woman and finally Workington Man in 2019, who Boris Johnson won over so successfully across the Red Wall.

City Comment: Does the Chancellor believe his words, or is it all politics?

A damning new report has laid bare more then a decade of languishing living standards under successive Conservative governments

The Conservatives and Labour are embroiled in a fight to woo voters with promises to keep rates of tax low

Exclusive: As a war of words continues on whether Keir Starmer or Rishi Sunak would rule out a VAT hike, a top economist tells The Independent that both men are being dishonest with voters about the country’s finances

Chancellor vows to fight for the ‘blue wall brick by brick’ to avoid a repeat of an infamous shock result for the Tories in 1997

All 650 parliamentary constituencies are worth the same, but some hold a particular value to parties. For Labour, Sir Keir Starmer is determined to win back seats in Scotland and the Red Wall. For Rishi Sunak, focus has long been on retaining the Blue Wall  — seats in southern England…

Jeremy Hunt clashes with BBC presenter over linking increased mortgage rates to Liz Truss mini-budget