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Rishi Sunak may call general election for November 14, says top political expert Sir John Curtice

The Prime Minister could fire the starting gun for the election in his speech to close the Tory annual rally in Birmingham on October 2

Evening Standard

Tories accused of cronyism as seven donors handed New Year Honours

Knighthoods for financial backers who gave party more than £5m

The Independent UK

Soaring Hospital Parking Fees in England Spark Outcry Amidst NHS Funding Concerns

The Liberal Democrats have decried this exponential rise in parking costs as a "tax on caring" and have criticised the government for falling short of its 2019 manifesto promise.

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Overheating and flooding at hospitals in England ‘pose threat to patient safety’

Lib Dems’ data analysis shows record levels of overheating and sharp rise in flooding, causing ‘needless disruption’

The Guardian - UK

The Lib Dems have a bold plan – and it is already working

Letter: The party’s president, Dr Mark Pack, responds to a letter from senior party members who argued that the Lib Dem offering must be more radical and less cautious. Plus letters from Dr Alan Butt Philip and Peter Wrigley

The Guardian - UK

As Liberal Democrats, we must set out a bold and distinctive offer to voters

Letters: Senior members call on the party to do more to highlight its differences from Labour and the Conservatives in the run-up to the next general election

The Guardian - UK

Brickbat: We'll Get Around to It

Most British police departments have a goal of responding to Grade 2 calls, defined as serious incidents that require a police response but aren't life-threatening, within one hour. But just 10 of the 29 police departments that responded to Freedom of Information requests by the Liberal Democrats, the U.K. political…

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Ban bonuses to water company bosses, Ofwat told

Regulator under pressure to act after finding executive payouts at three English suppliers were not justified

The Guardian - UK

Bob Stewart surrenders Tory whip as he considers racist abuse conviction appeal

Labour and the Liberal Democrats had called on the Prime Minister to remove Mr Stewart as a Conservative MP.

The Independent UK

Loud and uncowed: how UnHerd owner Paul Marshall became Britain’s newest media mogul

UnHerd has quickly become one of the biggest sites for political commentary in the UK, and now the hedge fund founder behind it – who also funds GB News and donates to the Tories – is trying to add the Telegraph to a fast-growing empire. What does he really want?

The Guardian - UK

Analysis: Tories hit by turning political tide suffer two historic by-election losses in Mid-Beds and Tamworth

Historic swings from the Tories to Labour will alarm Conservative MPs

Evening Standard

Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth by-election results: Key statistics and historical benchmarks

The result in Tamworth represents the biggest Conservative majority overturned by Labour at a by-election since 1945

Evening Standard

Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth results: Key statistics and historical benchmarks

The result in Tamworth represents the biggest Conservative majority overturned by Labour at a by-election since 1945.

The Independent UK

Mid-Bedfordshire and Tamworth by-elections: Key statistics

Conservative MPs have held the seat of Mid-Bedfordshire continuously since 1931.

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The Guardian - UK

Byelection spending suggests tacit Labour and Lib Dems deal on fighting Tory-held seats

Figures released before Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire contests hint at opposition parties making space for each other

The Guardian - UK

The Labour donors: from Tory defectors to a supermarket scion

With Labour heading into election year ahead in the polls, who are the individuals funding its upcoming campaign?

The Independent UK

Rutherglen & Hamilton West result: Key statistics and historical benchmarks

The result is one of the largest-ever swings at a Westminster by-election in Scotland where a seat has changed hands.

The Conversation

Party conference season is here – but decades of polling evidence suggests these events barely move the dial

From late September to early October, the UK’s political parties gather for their autumn conferences. The Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party will be among the parties bringing their members and MPs together at some expense in a season that lasts about three weeks.

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The Independent UK

Six cabinet ministers set to lose seats in Tory blue wall rout, new poll shows

Six cabinet ministers are set to lose their seats at the next general election as the Conservatives come under assault in the so-called blue wall of safe Tory seats, a new poll shows.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Liberal Democrats: a strategy to help oust the Tories

Editorial: Casting the Lib Dems as the party of the NHS is bold but credible – given a Liberal can claim to have invented it

The Guardian - UK

Not-so-cuddly Lib Dems laser focused on target list of seats

Streamlined party under Ed Davey will concentrate its finite resources on a number of key, mainly Tory, constituencies at the next election

The Independent UK

Lib Dems receive ‘transformational’ £1m boost to election war chest

The windfall, the Liberal Democrats’ biggest since 2019, is said to be enough to recruit extra staff in dozens of seats

The Independent UK

Lib Dems would hike tax on big firms rather than high earners, Davey suggests

Sir Ed said the Liberal Democrat commitment – dating back to 1992 – to raise income tax by 1p to improve public services is now unsustainable.

Evening Standard

Lib Dems will drop key pledge to put penny on income tax, says Sir Ed Davey

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey suggested wealthier workers already pay enough tax

The Independent UK

Sir Ed Davey says Lib Dems will drop key pledge to put penny on income tax

The Liberal Democrats have become the first major party to adopt an early version of its manifesto for a general election expected next year.

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