‘I want to win everywhere’: Keir Starmer sets out scale of Labour ambitions Leader talks of ‘fully costed, fully funded’ plans for NHS, nursery places, social care and university funding The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024
Labour pledges to create more than 100,000 new nursery places Exclusive: Party plans to set up more than 3,300 nurseries in existing primary schools in England for children from nine months old The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024
Labour’s Dover candidate: ‘I would not have stood under Corbyn’ Exclusive: In a wide-ranging interview with The Independent, former soldier Mike Tapp said he wants to help Sir Keir Starmer tackle the small boats crisis and end the chaos at the Port of Dover The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2024
Revealed: voters mostly unfazed by Starmer’s Diane Abbott row Exclusive polling: Labour’s treatment of Diane Abbott made ‘no difference’ to 8 in 10 voters The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2024
UK voters against national service and split on pledges not to raise tax, poll shows Lib Dem policy on sewage was most popular and Labour plan to lower voting age the least liked in YouGov survey The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024
After Rishi Sunak’s D-day disaster Labour need not worry about Tory tax claims ‘Tax bombshell’ claims undid Labour in 1992 but the Tory ‘catalogue of chaos’ and now the PM’s ineptitude mean fears are misplaced The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024
The week in TV: Becoming Karl Lagerfeld; Sunak v Starmer: The ITV Debate; D-Day: The Unheard Tapes; Queenie – review High-end fashion is awash with passion in Disney’s absurdly glamorous drama; the first leaders’ debate proves a waste of time; an oral history of D-day works brilliantly; and Candice Carty-Williams’s heroine has men trouble The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024
Tory press know influence is waning but tread careful line before election Gone are the days when Rupert Murdoch’s favour swayed the vote but newspapers still hold power over party’s future The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024
In all this noisy election debate, why is there a conspiracy of silence about Brexit? Serious discussion about the climate crisis, reforming taxation and funding public services are also taboo for the two main parties The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024
Police would get powers to scrap noisy off-road bikes under Labour plans Sir Keir Starmer’s party is pledging a crackdown on antisocial behaviour on Britain’s streets. Evening Standard · Jun 9, 2024
Inside the hospital trialling a plan that Labour hopes can fix the NHS While politicians argue over waiting lists, a London hospital is already implementing some of the innovative measures that could cut waiting lists The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024
Labour might be a racing certainty, but it faces some big hurdles in government With Brexit fast becoming a tragedy, Keir Starmer needs to forge a closer relationship with Europe The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024
‘It’s not a game for us’: aboard the Labour battle bus with Angela Rayner The party’s deputy leader, putting tax furore behind her, is taking her fighting spirit on a 5,000-mile campaign tour, armed with a fridge and a Liz Truss-lookalike lettuce The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024
What is socialism? Just look at the NHS Our health service is a perfect example of socialism in action. Let’s apply its principles elsewhere The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024
The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2024 The real losers from Labour’s VAT raid on private schools? The children Labour’s proposed tax is sparking furious debate – but very few people seem to be talking about the students that could be affected themselves. Helen Coffey asks the experts about the educational impact of being forced to change schools
The National (Scotland) · Jun 9, 2024 'Sharp cuts': John Swinney presses Labour to explain where £18bn cuts will come from FIRST Minister of Scotland John Swinney has urged Labour to explain where £18 billion in cuts predicted by the Institute for Fiscal Studies…
Top News · Jun 8, 2024 British Prime Minister's D-Day Commemoration Controversy British PM Rishi Sunak's early exit from D-Day events sparks controversy, impacting election campaign.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2024 Labour pledges 80 new rape courts in bid to tackle backlog crisis Plan for specialist unit in all police forces amid manifesto drive to reduce violence against women and girls
The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2024 From humiliation to annihilation: could this election mean the end of the Tory party as we know it? Even before the events of last week, the party’s prospects were grim. Now some believe it faces a wipeout that would reshape the UK political landscape
Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2024 Labour criticised for ‘U-turning’ on plans to abolish the House of Lords The party’s manifesto will include plans to introduce an age limit for peers and scrap new hereditary roles, the Times reports.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2024 Rishi Sunak’s chances were always slim. And the numbers just get worse Polls show longstanding Tory advantages on issues such as immigration, crime and defence are gone, while Labour opens new leads in traditional areas
The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2024 Rishi Sunak openly condemned by second cabinet minister over D-Day row as he cancels press event Prime minister said to be despondent over furious backlash to his missing international event
The National (Scotland) · Jun 8, 2024 Labour criticised for 'U-turning' on plans to abolish the House of Lords Labour has faced criticism for “U-turning” on its previous proposals to abolish the House of Lords ...
The National (Scotland) · Jun 8, 2024 Philippa Whitford: I'm not optimistic Labour will offer anything different on Gaza FOR so many MPs, the last-minute calling of the latest General Election marked the start of a frantic few days in preparation for campaigning,…
The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2024 The week in audio: Thief at the Museum; Memories from the Dance Floor; The John Dredge Nothing to Do With Anything Show; More or Less – review A case of cultural sleuthing makes for a classy whodunnit; LGBTQ+ nightlife in 70s and 80s Wales hits the sweet spot; a comic whose every line is a winner; and politics unpicked