PM must face questions about hedge fund at heart of financial crash, says Labour Keir Starmer aims to turn spotlight on Sunak’s career before politics in lead up to first general election TV debate The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024
Keir Starmer will 'directly harm Scotland' with pledge to cut net migration – SNP THE SNP have hit out at Keir Starmer’s pledge to cut net migration, accusing the Labour leader of “amping up a far-right belief” and… The National (Scotland) · Jun 2, 2024
Now they think they’ve lost, the Tories are full of big ideas National service? Abolishing university places? This absurd flurry of announcements is to make it seem, once Sunak has gone, that they did everything they could The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024
UK politics: SNP’s Swinney warns general election will be ‘the biggest challenge for years’ – as it happened New leader tells activists in Glasgow that they must demonstrate the ‘relevance’ of independence to the cost of living crisis The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024
‘Gove saw the polls and realised he might lose’: Lib Dems hope to knock down Tory ‘blue wall’ in Surrey Ed Davey’s party is seeking to win over disillusioned Conservative voters in the Surrey Heath seat of outgoing minister Michael Gove The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024
Keir Starmer pledges to slash ‘sky-high’ migration numbers under a Labour government Labour leader said: ‘Read my lips – I will bring immigration numbers down’ as he vowed to ‘control our borders’ The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2024
Starmer on Abbott: ‘I’ve actually got more respect for Diane than she probably realises’ The veteran leftwinger is ‘not like other candidates’, and the row over her did not arise as a result of party purges, Labour’s leader tells his biographer on the campaign trail The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024
Starmer vows to curb migration as Sunak makes community care offer The Labour leader proposes a ban on law-breaking employers from hiring foreign workers. Evening Standard · Jun 2, 2024
The affluent can have their souls enriched at university, so why not the poor as well? The latest Tory crusade over ‘rip-off’ degrees continues to stereotype students based on class The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024
Royals and veterans prepare to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day landings The King, Queen and Prince of Wales will travel to Normandy to attend a number of commemorative events on Thursday. Evening Standard · Jun 2, 2024
Election diary: dismal dribbles and poor paddleboarding fail to elevate the debate Outdoor campaign events, so often fraught with peril, proved the undoing of Rishi Sunak and Ed Davey this week The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024
Labour and Conservative battlebuses hit the road, but ‘lonely figure’ Sunak seems like a solo traveller 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 The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024
Labour races to biggest lead over the Tories in the polls since Liz Truss downfall Labour stretches lead to 20 points despite difficult week of campaigning overshadowed by internal party row The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2024
Tories pledge to build 100 new GP surgeries by cutting number of NHS managers The Conservatives say 100 new GP surgeries would be build and a further 150 modernised under its first major health offering ahead of the general election The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024 Sunak suffers poll blow as levelling-up cash-for-votes row erupts New poll gives Labour its biggest lead since Liz Truss meltdown as ‘Tory towns’ gain most from new funds
The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024 ‘The first TikTok election’: are Sunak and Starmer’s digital campaigns winning over voters? The Tories and Labour are forking out more than ever on social media ads, but going viral isn’t easy. We speak to influencers and strategists about the messages and memes
The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2024 Tories in crisis as furious party members refuse to fund Sunak’s bid stay in power Supporters warned ‘tough’ decisions will have to be made in the next two days if the party’s finances do not improve
The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2024 Battle buses see parties take the general election show on the road After a series of MPs dramatically crossed the floor to join Labour, Keir Starmer joked that the buses were like Tory defectors – ‘You wait for ages and then three come along in a row’
The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2024 Business leaders desert Rishi Sunak with record number backing Labour, new poll reveals Tories trailing as Labour seizes mantle of ‘party of business’
The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2024 Lib Dems launch ‘Operation 1997’ to smash Tory blue wall with tactical voting Exclusive: The Lib Dems have 53 Conservative seats in their target with a massive appeal to Labour supporters to vote tactically in the ‘Tory blue wall’
Evening Standard · Jun 1, 2024 General Election show on the road as parties launch battle buses Labour and the Conservatives both launched their battle buses on the weekend.
Evening Standard · Jun 1, 2024 UK Government could ‘flood Gaza with far more aid’ under proposed ceasefire deal Rishi Sunak told broadcasters the three-phase plan to end fighting in Gaza is ‘welcome news’.
The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2024 Extra 100,000 families face ‘mortgage nightmare’ with hike before election Exclusive: More than 3,300 households a day set to see payments rise significantly before 4 July
The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2024 Tories heading for election wipeout as new mega-poll suggests they could win just 66 seats Cabinet ministers, including the deputy prime minister, predicted to lose in Labour landslide
The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2024 ‘I’ve dealt with that’: Keir Starmer dodges questions about Diane Abbott Rishi Sunak said it was ‘clear’ Angela Rayner is in charge as allies deny the Labour leader was bounced into a decision