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The election comes amid a busy summer of events, including Euro 2024, Wimbledon, and gigs from music stars such as Paloma Faith

Not content with treating workers at a distribution centre as if they were half-wits, the PM relied on Tory plants to lob easy questions as if no one would notice

Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer will dominate the headlines, but The Independent looks at how smaller parties the Lib Dems and Reform UK might fare

The mood is hyper and buzzy. Starmer is warning his troops that the real enemy is complacency, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Labour leader’s key campaign message is low on content but chimes with public attitudes in recent polling

Financial indexes barely flickered as the election was announced, suggesting Starmer’s move to woo the City has been a success

Future of health service is among main concerns of voters ahead of general election on July 4

Labour’s pitch is basically ‘elect us, we’re not Tory’, but people will quickly demand real improvements, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

But the Good Morning Britain presenter believes the Labour leader will win a majority in the general election on July 4

Mr Sunak asked Welsh pub workers if they were looking forward to the Euros despite Wales not qualifying

Rishi Sunak said he would begin deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda in the days after the general election on July 4 if he’s still prime minister, setting out his core message for the six-week campaign to try to keep Keir Starmer’s poll-leading Labour Party from taking power.