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General Election 2024 LIVE: Betting scandal spirals as Labour suspends candidate and Welsh Conservative faces probe

Labour suspend parliamentary candidate Kevin Craig after being told the Gambling Commission has launched an investigation into him

Evening Standard

We've failed to 'stop the boats', admits minister as Nigel Farage claims 50,000 migrants have crossed Channel

Home Office minister Michael Tomlinson made the admission as the Tories seek to shift election focus from poll date betting scandal onto immigration

Evening Standard

Starmer warned rescuing ‘dangerously underfunded’ fire service must be a first priority as prime minister

Exclusive: Firefighting must be an early priority for Keir Starmer, a top trade union leader has warned

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Election day bets scandal spirals as Labour suspends one of its own

Labour’s candidate for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Kevin Craig joins several Tories in being investigated by the Gambling Commission

Evening Standard

This betting scandal is the dying gasp of a tawdry Tory government forever tarred by Partygate and sleaze

Rishi Sunak was meant to clean up the Tory party. Instead he will leave it morally and ideologically exhausted, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

John Swinney in 'genuine appeal' to Keir Starmer over £28bn green U-turn

FIRST Minister John Swinney has made a “genuine and direct appeal” to Keir Starmer to reinstate his pledge to spend £28 billion a year on…

The National (Scotland)

Another day, another TV debate. No wonder everybody seems to have checked out

With this tired format, the idea that anybody’s minds might be changed by anything that is said is a category error

The Guardian - UK

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Betting rule-breakers 'should be booted out of Tory party' Sunak vows as Starmer grilled on Corbyn

Rishi Sunak defends his handling of the election date betting scandal while Keir Starmer denies he is untrustworthy in a fiery Q&A

Evening Standard

‘We need leadership’: Alistair Carns on leaving the military to become a Labour minister

A colonel and former marine has been appointed veterans’ minister five days after being elected as a Labour MP. Kim Sengupta talks to him about his decision to stand

The Independent UK

Top Royal Marine standing as MP says only Labour can be trusted on defence

Exclusive: Col Alistair Carns gave up the chance to become one of Britain’s youngest brigadiers in order to stand for Labour in Birmingham

The Independent UK

Sunak says Truss’s budget was mistaken as Starmer defends backing of Corbyn

Prime minister says he fought against predecessor’s plans and warns of migration surge if Labour scraps Rwanda plan

The Guardian - UK

John Oliver on Tories: their ‘unremitting cruelty has stained the last decade and a half of British life’

Last Week Tonight host looks into surprise UK general election and last 14 years of Conservative rule in Britain.

The Guardian - US

Campaign catchup: Farage edgelording, Starmer misremembering, and who’s behind Binface?

In today’s newsletter: The Reform leader keeps wheeling out his Ukraine-sceptic, Russia-curious foreign affairs takes – but why?

The Guardian - UK

Can election success draw a line under Welsh Labour’s crisis?

Keir Starmer could be forgiven for thinking that he wouldn’t have to worry about Wales in the upcoming election. Labour’s dominance stretches back for more than a century, and the party has led every government since devolution in the 1990s. The next month will therefore have looked fairly straightforward for…

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There’s nothing undemocratic about a large Labour majority – in fact, managed properly, it could provide the space for serious debate

In the final stage of the 2024 election campaign, the Conservatives have turned to scaremongering about the size of the Labour majority thought to be on the cards after July 4.

The National (Scotland)

Brexit exposed a 'Westminster knows best' union, says John Swinney

JOHN Swinney has accused the Westminster establishment of having a “know your place” attitude towards Scotland as he ripped into Unionist…

The National (Scotland)

John Swinney calls out Keir Starmer over 'gender ideology in schools' claim

JOHN Swinney has said Keir Starmer is being influenced by the “front pages of some newspapers” when it comes to his position on gender issues ...

Louder

“We are engaged here tonight in part of a larger existential battle for the very soul of the human race.” Watch Roger Waters play Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here at London concert promoting peace, freedom and justice for Palestine

Roger Waters labels Labour leader Keir Starmer a "genocide enabler" at Stand Up For Palestine benefit show in London

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Evening Standard

How Keir Starmer saved the summer solstice at Stonehenge

Why did a plucky young barrister called Keir come to represent a druid at Strasbourg?

The Conversation

Keir Starmer rejects ‘tax and spend’, so do Labour’s plans for economic growth add up?

In launching Labour’s manifesto, Keir Starmer sought to shed his party’s “tax and spend” image. Instead, Starmer pressed home that Labour’s core mission is to increase UK economic growth – the manifesto mentions the term more than 200 times.

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer not in favour of 'gender ideology' being taught in schools

KEIR Starmer has said he is not in favour of "gender ideology" being taught in schools.

Evening Standard

Sunak insists Starmer is the "biggest risk" for the City as he defends Tory record

PM’s comments came as attraction company London Tunnels said it has snubbed the City in favour of Amsterdam

Evening Standard

What the politicians' favourite restaurants say about them

Starmer’s pub, Sunak’s passion for Nando’s... David Ellis deciphers the party leaders’ favourite spots

Evening Standard

JK Rowling comments on Labour's transgender rights stance 'sad and depressing', says Wes Streeting

Wes Streeting said he was left feeling ‘sad’ after the Harry Potter author criticised his party for ‘abandoning women’

The National (Scotland)

Senior Tory 'tied up in knots' over Brexit claims during BBC interview

THE UK’s Northern Ireland Secretary was left “tied up in knots” during his morning media round following claims he made about Brexit.

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