UK general election 2024: What are the key issues shaping the vote? Candidates promise to fix Britain’s domestic woes as the top two parties look set to lose votes over Gaza positions. Al Jazeera · Jun 21, 2024
Audience laughs at Keir Starmer as Labour leader repeatedly ducks question FIONA Bruce repeatedly challenged Keir Starmer over his previous statement that Jeremy Corbyn would make a great prime minister... The National (Scotland) · Jun 21, 2024
Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell and Diane Abbott among dozen of Leftwingers standing in London at election Ex-Labour leader Mr Corbyn is close to pulling off a shock win in Islington North, according to a poll Evening Standard · Jun 21, 2024
General Election 2024 LIVE: Sunak launches attack on Starmer's character as campaign gets personal Sunak is back on the campaign trail on Friday after facing tough questions over the alleged Tory election betting scandal Evening Standard · Jun 21, 2024
Are pushy parents monsters or deliverers of potential? Tennis star Emma Raducanu insists she’s lucky to have pushy parents despite years of resentment – and the returns are self-evident. Charlotte Cripps asks why one-track-minded parents are so vilified The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2024
Starmer says he would not let SNP hold new independence referendum or lift veto on gender recognition bill – as it happened Labour leader says he would refuse to participate in negotiations for another independence referendum if he is elected PM The Guardian - AU · Jun 21, 2024
Party leaders grilled by public in election Question Time – experts dissect the key issues In one of the last in a string of special election broadcasts, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Labour leader Keir Starmer, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey and Scotland’s first minister, the SNP leader John Swinney, have faced questions from a live audience on BBC Question Time. The Conversation · Jun 20, 2024
Jeremy Corbyn would have been better PM than Boris Johnson, says Keir Starmer Sir Keir was grilled on BBC Question Time over whether he believed Corbyn would have made a ‘great’ prime minister The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2024
Sunak ‘incredibly angry’ over gambling scandal but refuses to suspend candidates involved PM’s campaign woes in the spotlight as a BBC Question Time audience grilled him on the betting scandal engulfing members of his inner circle The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2024
Rishi Sunak floats sanctions on young people for refusing national service PM suggests curbs on finance or driving licences for 18-year-olds who refuse service during challenging Question Time leaders’ special The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2024
The party leaders on NHS waiting lists and immigration targets Keir Starmer, John Swinney, Rishi Sunak and Ed Davey took questions from the public on Thursday. We examine their claims on hospital backlogs, Lib Dem policies and Brexit The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2024
Raging Rishi – or maybe his avatar – gave us an object lesson in how not to win friends His appearance was the moment the Question Time audience had been waiting for: to give the Tories a kicking The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2024
UK PM Sunak 'Angry' After Party Figures Ensnared In Election Betting Scandal Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Thursday he was "incredibly angry" after more Conservative Party figures were put under investigation over alleged bets placed on the UK general election date. International Business Times · Jun 20, 2024
Rishi Sunak in live TV grilling over claims Tory candidates bet on election date Rishi Sunak backed the “full force of the law” being thrown against any Tory figures if they were found to have illegally bet on the election day as the row threatened to inflict another blow on his struggling campaign. Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2024 Rishi Sunak says he is ‘incredibly angry’ about betting allegations in BBC Question Time election special – as it happened Prime minister says suspects must face ‘full force of law’ if found guilty; Labour, SNP and Lib Dem leaders speak during programme
The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2024 All bets off on trust for the Tories as election gambling scandal engulfs campaign A new poll has put Reform UK ahead as the Tories go into meltdown about the betting scandal linked to Rishi Sunak’s inner circle
The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2024 Polls mask many ‘undecideds’ and fuel Labour worry about mobilising voters Candidates say situation is more volatile than numbers suggest but no pollsters detect swing back to Conservatives
The National (Scotland) · Jun 20, 2024 BBC receives more than 100 complaints over Question Time 'bias against Kate Forbes' THE BBC received more than 100 complaints accusing the broadcaster of “bias against Kate Forbes and the SNP” following an episode of Question…
The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2024 Peter Mandelson resigns from board of lobbying firm weeks before Labour set to enter No 10 Polls suggest Sir Keir Starmer’s party on course for a landslide on July 4
The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2024 Come 5 July, an almighty fight looms. Keir Starmer, take on the countryside at your peril Britain’s landscape is under threat. But I have a solution – if the next PM will listen, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2024 OPINION - All bets are off: The Tories might be having the worst campaign in British election history As they always said would happen, the polls began to narrow. Keir Starmer came unstuck on questions around taxation. The Rwanda scheme was finally up and running by late May. The Bank of England cut interest rates in mid-June. Nigel Farage decided to stay out of the campaign. And the…
Top News · Jun 20, 2024 Stonehenge Monuments Unscathed After Climate Protesters' Vandalism Stonehenge vandalism by climate protesters sparks outrage and debate on environmental activism methods.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2024 ‘We are backing ourselves’: Labour aims to turn tide on Tories in Essex Party could make historic inroads in places such as Southend but many of the races look very tight
The National (Scotland) · Jun 20, 2024 Richard Murphy quizzes Alba's Neale Hanvey on economics of an independent Scotland ALBA candidate Neale Hanvey has said Scotland has to “divorce” itself from gloomy financial predictions about independence and lay the…
The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2024 Voters favour Farage to be leader of the opposition and Reform to replace the Tories Exclusive: With Tory support in freefall a plurality of voters now believe Reform should replace them and Nigel Farage should be allowed on the Question Time TV debate tonight