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A tale of two manifestos: Labour do nothing as the Tories run out of road

IT was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

The National (Scotland)

Labour manifesto projects £2.5bn surplus – so scrap two-child benefit cap, SNP say

LABOUR have been challenged to use a multi-billion-pound surplus projected in their manifesto costings to scrap the two-child benefit cap.

The National (Scotland)

Campaign catchup: Farage crossover, Swinney knee-shower, Curtice rhubarb-grower

In today’s newsletter: What a poll showing Reform UK ahead of the Tories means – and what it doesn’t

The Guardian - UK

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Is Keir Starmer really a ‘political robot’? If he is, he’s one that’s been programmed to win

In office, something very different will be required, but steady caution has brought Labour to the brink of power, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage says he is ‘leader of the opposition’ after Reform UK poll boost

Farage says his party will gain more than 6m votes in election after survey puts it ahead of Tories for first time

The Guardian - UK

Anas Sarwar walks back Labour pledge to devolve control of levelling up funds

A LABOUR-RUN Westminster government would not give its Scottish counterpart complete control over levelling up funding, Anas Sarwar has said –…

The National (Scotland)

UK Election Campaign Nears End With Labour In Lead

Get insights on the U.K.'s general election campaign midway through manifestos, tax policies, and party strategies.

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OPINION - If you knew Keir Starmer's father was a toolmaker, this newsletter is for you

Sadiq Khan and Sajid Javid's fathers: bus drivers. Theresa May and Gordon Brown's: clergymen. John Major's: a music hall performer. If you knew any of these, congratulations, you are a deeply weird person. In fact, even if you didn't, you are still a little strange because you subscribe to a…

Evening Standard

Election diary: the manifestos drop and Rish! reveals a childhood without Sky TV

The Lib Dems led the pack – on manifesto launch catering – and we finally learned the extent of the PM’s childhood deprivation

The Guardian - UK

Labour consider biggest Whitehall shake-up in decades as Keir Starmer strives to deliver key manifesto pledges

Plans to help party drive its policies through the civil service overseen by Sue Gray, who wrote Partygate report into Boris Johnson

The Independent UK

Tories claim Labour plans tax raid on home sales in ‘desperate’ bid to change election fortunes

The Tories were branded ‘desperate’ after producing a document claiming Labour has ‘18 secret taxes’ in a desperate bid to close the poll gap

The Independent UK

What will Labour actually do in government? Manifesto clues point to a surprisingly radical agenda

Since the first polls of the official election campaign came out earlier this month, there has been talk of Labour repeating its 1997 landslide.

The Conversation

How do the UK parties rate on their environmental manifesto pledges?

Four environmental experts analyse the election manifestos of Labour, the Tories, Lib Dems and Greens

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How to watch Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer's Panorama interview tonight

Here is when Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will be grilled by Nick Robinson on the BBC's Panorama programme.

The Independent UK

Sunak confident Tories will not come third at general election after latest damaging poll

Speaking at the G7 summit in Italy the PM said there was plenty of time for a ‘comeback’ for the Tories

International Business Times

Hard-right Reform UK Outstrips Tories For First Time In Poll: YouGov

The new poll, conducted on Wednesday and Thursday, shows Brexiteer Nigel Farage's Reform with 19 percent support going into national elections next month, compared to the Conservatives' 18 percent. Both are trailing far behind the center-left Labor party.

The Guardian - UK

General election live: Starmer tells Nick Robinson he is ‘not complacent’ about becoming PM – as it happened

BBC presenter will sit down with Labour leader after interview with PM aired earlier this week

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Sunak warns of Labour ‘blank cheque’ as Tories fall behind Farage in poll

PM says he is still fighting for every vote as Reform UK overtakes Tories in pre-election survey for first time

Evening Standard

Penny Mordaunt brands Nigel Farage 'Labour enabler' in heated TV debate

Reform UK overtook the Tories in a major poll for the first time in the election campaign on Thursday

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage's Reform UK torpedoes Rishi Sunak getting to 'base camp' to close gap on Labour, says poll expert

Professor of Politics Sir John Curtice stressed that former Tory voters were deserting the party for Reform

The Guardian - UK

It’s eerie, it’s excruciating … Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer, please stop talking about football

They may well like the game, but as an England fan, I don’t want my big Euros summer sullied by performative politics, says the writer Joel Golby

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: The ins and outs of Labour’s unspectacular manifesto

In today’s newsletter: Keir Starmer stood on a platform for change when launching his party’s document for winning the election. But how much is being promised by Labour’s manifesto?

The Guardian - UK

Hope is not enough: people want to know that Keir Starmer can fix things

Labour’s downbeat manifesto for a downbeat nation reflects the feeling that voters want action now – not grandiose words, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The National (Scotland)

Reform UK overtake Tories in opinion poll for first time in election campaign

NIGEL Farage’s Reform Party has overtaken the Conservatives in a major poll of public opinion for the first time, in the latest blow to…

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