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With 2024 being a UK election year, the opposition wants an early vote. PM Rishi Sunak is in no rush

The politician favored to become Britain’s next prime minister has kicked off an election year by accusing the governing Conservatives of leading the country into decline and despair

The Independent UK

UK Party Leaders Kick Off Election Year

Rishi Sunak said Thursday he had pencilled in later this year for a general election, as he and his main political rival to be Britain's next leader effectively kicked off campaigning.

International Business Times

Keir Starmer unveils Labour’s ‘project hope’ as he urges Rishi Sunak to ‘bring it on’

The Labour leader vowed to defeat the ‘miserabilist Tory project’ and ‘crush their politics of divide and decline’

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Rishi Sunak eyes autumn general election as he scotches talk of a May poll

Rishi Sunak reveals his 'working assumption' is that he will hold a 'general election in the second half of this year'

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer takes pop at 'divisive' SNP and 'populist' Tories in New Year's speech

KEIR Starmer took a pop at the “divisive” SNP during a speech setting out his stall ahead of the General Election.

The National (Scotland)

Starmer signals Labour would scale back £28 billion green economic plan if it busts borrowing limits

The Labour leader and Rishi Sunak both hit the road for regional visits as the parties gear up for what will effectively be a ten-month campaign ahead of an autumn election

Evening Standard

UK's Starmer Says Election Year A 'Chance To Change Britain'

Britain's main opposition leader Keir Starmer said on Thursday that a much anticipated general election this year will offer the UK the chance to "get our future back".

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Starmer rules out breaking Labour’s fiscal rules to meet £28bn green target

Statement is clearest sign yet party is willing to drop one of its headline policies in face of Conservative attacksUK politics live – latest updates

The Guardian - UK

Watch live: Keir Starmer set to launch 2024 general election bid as he vows Labour will help ‘exhausted’ Britain

Watch live as Keir Starmer gives a speech in South West England, pledging to bring hope to Britain as Labour prepares for general elections.

The Independent UK

Britain risks shift to far right if Labour fails to enact ‘radical change’, says John McDonnell

Former shadow chancellor says public disillusionment could set in and calls for ‘real strategy’ on wages and incomes

The Guardian - UK

Starmer must say what he’ll do in power – if he leaves a vacuum, the far right will fill it

We on the left expect a Labour government, but it will inherit a terrible legacy. People need to know it has the right answers, says former shadow chancellor John McDonnell

The Guardian - UK

Starmer says Labour will ‘meet fire with fire’ if Tories resort to dirty tactics during election – as it happened

Labour leader says Conservatives will ‘go low’ in election this year and Labour are prepared to match them if they do

The Guardian - UK

Labour tax cuts would threaten another 'period of austerity' for public services, warns IFS

Sir Keir Starmer and shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves are reported to be considering tax cuts in Labour’s election manifesto, possibly to income tax

Evening Standard

The best non-fiction books to read in 2024

From candid memoirs to provocative essay collections, 2024’s forthcoming non-fiction is enticing. Jessie Thompson shares our guide to what you need on your reading pile

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The National (Scotland)

Labour and Tories brand each other 'populist' as leaders go on tour

THE Tories and Labour have each claimed the other is “populist” amid a row ahead of Keir Starmer’s first major speech of 2024 ...

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer pledges to bring hope to an ‘exhausted’ Britain

‘Tories can’t change Britain, so they try to undermine the possibility of change itself,’ Labour leader tells voters

The Guardian - UK

Labour election win would lift downtrodden UK, Keir Starmer to say

In a speech in the west of England, Labour leader will say he wants British people to believe in politics again

The Independent UK

Ex-minister reveals she came within hours of ending her husband’s life in assisted dying appeal

Dame Joan Ruddock calls for Commons vote on the issue

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Evening Standard

UK general election: Three potential dates when Britain could go to the polls

Factors Rishi Sunak will be considering as he weighs up the best time to call the election

Evening Standard

There's still one glimmer of hope left for our sluggish economy

City Comment: It will probably not be enough to keep Rishi Sunak in power — but it might at least stave off the landslide that currently looks inevitable

The Independent UK

Reform UK rules out deal with the Tories as Nigel Farage ducks bid to become MP

Reform UK leader Richard Tice vowed to field candidates in every constituency in England, Wales and Scotland

The National (Scotland)

Labour 'set to scale back' pledge to ban former ministers from lobbying jobs

LABOUR are likely to scale back a pledge to ban former ministers from lobbying jobs for five years ahead of a push to “crackdown on cronyism,”…

The Guardian - UK

A Century of Labour by Jon Cruddas review – what does the party stand for?

The MP and former policy chief sets out the battle of ideas that has shaped Labour from Attlee to Starmer

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage ‘assessing’ return to politics amid warning Reform UK could pick off Tories - live

Reform UK to target Labour voters and claim Keir Starmer’s party will ‘bankrupt’ Britain if it wins next general election

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s poll lead could still collapse, shadow ministers warned

Chief strategist uses examples from around world to urge against complacency, warning ‘polls do not predict the future’

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