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Labour and Tories clash on economy in first weekend of election campaigning

Parties trade blows over tax cuts as first weekend of general election campaign gets underway

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves slams ‘desperate and reckless’ Sunak over £64bn tax pledges

The shadow chancellor has accused Conservatives of making unfunded financial commitments after calling a snap election

The Guardian - UK

Starmer to cut voting age to 16 as Labour and Tories clash on first weekend of election campaign

Plans to follow Scotland and Wales in lowering voting age could even be included in King’s Speech

The Independent UK

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Labour may give 16- and 17-year-olds right to vote, says Keir Starmer

Party leader says if you can work, pay tax and serve in armed forces you should be able to vote

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt hints Tories would cut taxes for higher earners if re-elected

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says she too wants lower taxes for working people as both parties begin to set out economic plans

The Guardian - UK

Labour and Tories fight over economy as Hunt and Reeves drop tax cut hints

Rachel Reeves made a Thatcher-style commitment to ‘sound money’ while Jeremy Hunt dangled the prospect of further tax cuts as campaigning continues.

Evening Standard

Both feted and gilded, Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak are two sides of the same rotten politics

After three days of the election campaign, it’s clear the PM will change – our rotten political system won’t, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK

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Meet the top teams: the key election advisers to Sunak and Starmer

We look at the people who will strategise for the prime minister and opposition leader in the coming weeks

The Guardian - UK

Businesses are ready to back Starmer. Will he give them a week-one reward?

City Comment: The absence of the “Corbyn factor” makes this a hugely different election to 2019

Evening Standard

General Election 2024: What are the key Labour and Conservative manifesto policies?

Rishi Sunak has called a snap general election for July

The Independent UK

Sunak says Labour taking victory for granted as Starmer calls on voters to ‘stop the chaos’ – as it happened

Prime minister announces early summer election with date putting parties on campaign trail for six weeks

The Guardian - UK

UK Inflation Slows To Near Three-year Low

Britain's annual inflation rate slowed to a near three-year low in April as energy prices cooled further, official data showed Wednesday, easing a cost-of-living crunch before this year's general election.

International Business Times

At a festival for the super-rich, the argument for higher taxes couldn’t have been clearer

Britain’s jet set insist they will flee if they lose their benefits – but Labour should not be daunted, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves suggests that rent caps could be introduced under Labour government

The measure would allow local authorities to prevent landlords from raising rents above a set amount each year

Evening Standard

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Evening Standard

OPINION - Rachel Reeves' Hammersmith Bridge vow shows Labour's conundrum

Stop me if you've heard this one before. The shadow chancellor appeared on the radio this morning and, when asked about a crumbling corner of the public realm, agreed it was bad and said a Labour government would fix it. Pressed on whether she was actually committing any funding towards this,…

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Labour's offer to London should start with fixing Hammersmith Bridge

Should Labour soon sweep to power, it will receive an unenviable economic and geopolitical inheritance. Such circumstances provide no guarantee the party would win a second term but one policy would at least secure the gratitude of millions of Londoners: finally fixing Hammersmith Bridge.

The Independent UK

Jeremy Hunt launches Tory fightback over Labour’s ‘disgraceful, fake news, lie’

The chancellor said the election will be about how the two main parties deal with Britain’s record tax burden

Evening Standard

Corbyn 'won't be Labour candidate at election,' says Reeves despite local party’s protests in north London

Shadow Chancellor rules out the former leader standing for Labour after an antisemitism row

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Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves says she'll work with Sadiq Khan to help fix Hammersmith Bridge if Chancellor (but doesn't pledge new cash)

Shadow Chancellor gives most detailed insight yet of what Labour government would mean for London

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer dons his election boots to tramp all over Tory territory

The Labour leader launched his general election campaign today with a 48-hour blitz of Conservative-held battleground seats

The Guardian - UK

Starmer takes it step by step in the phoney war that is a general election campaign

With no date in sight, the waiting game drags on. So Labour spells out the message again, and again

The Guardian - UK

Dining across the divide: ‘Soon there won’t be any leftwingers in Labour, just Keir Starmer clones’

They’re both natural Labour supporters, but one is so unhappy with the leadership he isn’t planning to vote for the party. Will either of them see red?

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves should be brave and stop blaming the economy

Letters: There are alternatives to continued austerity – look at Labour’s achievements in 1945, writes Derrick Joad, while Pete Lavender advises against Thatcherite economics

The Guardian - UK

‘Hard truths’: how far will Starmer push to show Labour has changed?

After Natalie Elphicke’s defection and tension over Gaza stance, some party insiders believe limits are being reached

International Business Times

UK Economy Exits Recession Ahead Of Election

Gross domestic product expanded 0.6 percent in the first three months of this year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, noting strong growth in service industries and car manufacturing.

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