Will it work? Securonomics June 6, 2024 Rachel Reeves has promised growth, but not to increase borrowing or impose new taxes. Can securonomics work? Sam Fowles investigates.
The Tiktok election: Can memes really move the polls? June 6, 2024 Labour and the Conservatives have been throwing their best memes at each other, but will Tiktok actually sway the election?
Selection campaign: How do parties choose their candidates? June 6, 2024 Westminster insider or local champion? Choosing who gets on the ballot paper is harder than you’d think, says John Oxley There’s a little over 24 hours left until the first stage of the election is done. Nominations close tomorrow afternoon, at which point we’ll know the full slate of candidates vying to be MPs. For [...]
Campaign cock-up of the week: Milkshake brings all the boys to Farage June 6, 2024 In this column, former No 10 advisor Giles Kenningham analyses the worst comms screw-ups of the election campaign. So what took the prize for the worst PR gaffe this week? What is it with politicians and food? Ed Miliband eating that infamous bacon sandwich. Peter Mandelson getting covered in custard at a carbon summit in [...]
Election 2024: Bigger tax breaks for veterans’ bosses, in Tory D-Day offer June 5, 2024 Extended tax breaks for former armed services personnel’s employers will be on offer, the Tories have announced in an election pledge to mark D-Day.
Election 2024: Corbyn says Starmer should stop ‘dissing the past’ June 5, 2024 Jeremy Corbyn has said Keir Starmer should stop “dissing the past” and claimed he would only offer support to a Labour government when it “does something good”.
Election 2024: JP Morgan banker standing in Michael Gove’s former seat June 5, 2024 JP Morgan banker and ex-army officer Ed McGuinness has been selected to stand for the Conservatives in Michael Gove’s former seat of Surrey Heath.
Rishi may as well have been debating Liz Truss – he lost that one too June 5, 2024 Whether it’s his own leadership rival or the general public, Rishi Sunak keeps speaking to people like he’s a British tourist in the Mediterranean struggling with a non-English speaking waiter, says Will Cooling In a summer contest that he has surprisingly brought forward despite his unpopularity with the electorate, Rishi Sunak impresses journalists by aggressively [...]
Starmer accuses Sunak of lying over £2,000 tax claim June 5, 2024 James Bowler, permanent secretary at the Treasury, said the figure "should not be presented as having been produced by the Civil Service".
Sunak v Starmer: Who won the first election debate? June 5, 2024 Who came out on top in last night's general election TV debate? No 10's former head of press Giles Kenningham gives his verdict.