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Angela Rayner drops out of Glastonbury lineup

The deputy Labour leader was due to speak at the Left Field tent

Evening Standard · Jun 25, 2024

Labour will keep Bibby Stockholm barge in use if elected, Yvette Cooper confirms

The party has said it cannot end the use of the vessel immediately if it wins the election, but that it wants to end the need for barges and hotels ‘as fast as possible’

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2024

Knife crime London: Actor Idris Elba joins Keir Starmer as he lays out Labour's 'moral mission' to tackle it

The Labour leader said addressing the problem would be an ‘absolute priority’ for his government if his party wins on July 4

Evening Standard · Jun 25, 2024

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 · Jun 25, 2024

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) · Jun 25, 2024

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 · Jun 24, 2024

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 · Jun 24, 2024

‘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 · Jun 24, 2024

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 · Jun 24, 2024

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 · Jun 24, 2024