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The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Campaign catchup: Farage’s dodgy sums, tactical voting, and a Lib Dem showpony

In today’s newsletter: The rightwing party launched its manifesto today – but does any of it add up?

The Guardian - UK

SNP call for Labour to introduce emergency child poverty measures in special debate

THE SNP have challenged Labour to introduce an emergency child poverty budget immediately after the election, ahead of a special debate on…

The National (Scotland)

Nigel Farage pledges to axe net zero as Reform UK launches populist manifesto

Policies include personal tax cuts and life imprisonment for drug dealers in ‘contract’ with British public

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OPINION - Labour will need to do more than offer the 'Cakeism of Remainers'

On the same day Arsenal defeated Manchester United on penalties to win the 2005 FA Cup final, David Foster Wallace delivered perhaps the most celebrated commencement speech of modern times. Standing in front of graduating students at Kenyon College, Ohio, he opened with a joke:

Evening Standard

Now we know Farage and Reform’s so-called policies. The worst thing Sunak can do is copy them

Voters will see through the thin prospectus Farage offered today, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - The inevitable truth about Labour and tax

The man who told you Jeremy Corbyn would make a great prime minister in 2019 wants you to believe that his party has changed. Now is the time for a long, hard think, writes Guto Harri

Evening Standard

OPINION - Nigel Farage: As we launch our Contract, this is what Reform can offer the country

In the two weeks since I announced I would be standing as a candidate, we have electrified the debate about Britain’s future and breathed life into this zombie General Election campaign.

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OPINION - Rachel Reeves is finally in the spotlight — but what if her sums don't add up?

It’s finally Rachel Reeves’s week after a lot of Keir-first communications from Labour.

Evening Standard

Only the SNP will deliver 'left-of-centre' manifesto, says John Swinney

SNP leader John Swinney is expected to say that the SNP is the only major party with a “truly left-of-centre manifesto” in a speech at a…

The National (Scotland)

Grant Shapps admits Tories ‘unlikely’ to win election as Sunak urged to ‘go for jugular’ on Starmer

With less than three weeks to go, polls continue to show the Tories facing electoral wipeout

The Independent UK

Reform UK plans ‘don’t add up’ and costings are out ‘by tens of billions of pounds per year’, says IFS – as it happened

As Nigel Farage launches party’s manifesto, Institute for Fiscal Studies says ‘the package as a whole is problematic’

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer trade blows on leadership and tax as election battles hot up in London

Grant Shapps admits Rishi Sunak win is ‘not the most likely outcome’ amid increasing Tory poll gloom

Evening Standard

The downfall of the Tories may be predictable, but it can still feel promising

Voters keep being warned to temper expectations. But a Labour party finally taking power should embrace that sense of opportunity, and be transformed by it, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - UK

'Scottish Labour will be mortified': Tony Blair weighs in on independence

TONY Blair has been criticised after he claimed Scotland not being independent shows devolution has been successful.

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Campaigners hope Labour will scrap two-child benefit cap once in No 10

Manifesto has no pledge to reverse rule Angela Rayner has said is ‘inhumane’ but there have been hints at more to come

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Starmer faces further calls for Labour to axe two-child benefit cap

IFS research shows 670,000 more children will be hit by policy by end of next parliament if limit stays in place

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak says he is not opposed to assisted dying

PM says ‘I’m not against it in principle’ with issue expected to be subject of Commons vote in next parliament

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The Guardian view on social security: Labour must face the harm caused by benefit cuts

Editorial: A huge gap has opened up between pensions and working-age benefits, and millions of children are paying the price

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Labour’s offer: ‘dullifesto’ or a bold plan for Britain?

Letters: In making wealth the number one priority, Keir Starmer is agreeing to longstanding economic myths, writes Bernie Evans. Plus letters from Yvonne Williams, Anthony Cheke and Eva Tutchell

The Guardian - UK

Students aren’t all superhuman – that’s why means-tested grants must return

Letters: Many students have to do 20-plus hours a week of paid work to get by, and grants would let them focus more on learning than surviving, says Wendy Sloane, while Prof Andy Long also calls for reform of financial support for undergraduates

The Guardian - UK

Morgan McSweeney: Labour election guru and bogeyman of the party’s left

Starmer’s closest aide is credited with putting the party in a position to win but his popularity is not universal

The Independent UK

Voters reveal which political leader they would like to manage the England football team

Exclusive: Techne UK asked voters which political leader would be best to manage the England football team

The Guardian - UK

The election is farcical and frustrating, but deeply significant – under Labour things really could get better

Everywhere I go in Britain, people are exhausted. But there’s good reason to believe a Labour government would bring unseen possibilities, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The National (Scotland)

Labour would leave NHS worse off than in Tory austerity years, research says

THE NHS would be left with lower spending increases under Labour than during the worst years of Tory austerity cuts, fresh analysis has suggested.

The Guardian - UK

Disaffection among young UK voters fuelling growth of smaller parties

Apathy, economic insecurity and feeling ignored is driving the under-35s away from Labour and the Tories

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