The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Campaign catchup: Sunak’s successor, Farage’s bad banner, and liquid Davey

In today’s newsletter: With the Conservatives seemingly accepting defeat in Thursday’s general election, likely next leaders are already on the move

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024

General election – as it happened: Farage says he is boycotting BBC as more Reform candidates dropped over past comments

The Reform leader complained of a ‘dishonest Question Time audience’, while his party also reported Channel 4 to the Electoral Commission

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2024

Tory minister who placed three bets on election date in line for Sunak peerage

Scottish secretary Alister Jack under consideration for post-election dissolution honours

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2024

Tory blame game already begins with a week to go before polling day

Exclusive: Nadine Dorries has broken the Tory public silence on who is to blame for what many expect to be a historically bad defeat next week

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2024

BBC Debate: So who won final TV showdown between Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer?

Sir Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak faced off in a final head-to-head broadcast grilling ahead of polling day.

Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2024

'Tear down the Blue Wall,' Ed Davey urges London and commuter belt voters

Liberal Democrat leader tells Standard he is aiming for a ‘game, set and match’ triple win in south-west London

Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2024

Who is Keir Starmer, the Labour leader favored to win Britain’s July 4 election?

Critics say British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is dutiful, managerial and a bit dull

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2024

Tories blame Sunak for this implosion, but they are fooling themselves. The rot goes back decades

Since Thatcher was deposed, there has been an absurd yearning to magic her back into existence. Their rightwing obsession stems from that, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2024

UK Election Campaign Enters Final Straight

Britain goes to the polls next week in a general election that looks set to end 14 years of Conservative rule marked by economic turbulence, Brexit, political scandal and upheaval.

International Business Times · Jun 27, 2024

Sunak’s ‘no surrender’ as he slugs out scoreless draw with Starmer in final election debate

Sunak and Starmer left stunned as audience member asks if they are ‘really the best we have got?’

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2024