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Could a raft of youthful Labour MPs make a difference in the Houses of Parliament — or are they merely toothless ‘Starmtroopers’?

PM again declines to say whether he told Craig Williams in advance about his decision to hold the election in July

The BBC has hosted the final head-to-head debate between Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer with eight days to go until election day. Here, academic experts help us decipher the two men’s claims about each other, defences of their own records – and the disputes that at…

Labour leader said he would treat trans people with ‘dignity and respect’ and accused prime minister of seeking to ‘divide people’

There was one big moment of behind-the-scenes excitement, when the lights went on and journalists realised it was all almost over

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

PM and his expected successor repeat same evasions to leave us none the wiser about our future government

The Labour leader said placing bets on the future of the country showed the ‘wrong instinct’

Both leaders were put on the spot over gambling scandal while the PM focused relentlessly on Labour and tax