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?
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”.
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.
Sketch: ITV leaders debate was political ‘pinball machine’ June 5, 2024 The first chance to witness Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak tear chunks, or at least nuggets, out of one another came during the ITV leaders debate.
The Notebook: How to sum up this election? The politics of ennui June 5, 2024 How to define the mood of this general election? One word: ennui, writes Neil Bennett in today's Notebook column.
Greater Mayoral power would put London in line with the rest of the country June 5, 2024 A June event to which one of our reporters was scheduled to speak – a private dinner of London’s great and good – has been pushed back until September. The election has been given as the reason, but even the organisers acknowledged London is largely absent from the debate apparently gripping the country. The capital [...]
Election 2024: Five things we learned from the ITV Sunak-Starmer debate June 4, 2024 With both men vying for the keys to No10 on July 4, there were a series of crucial moments that could prove vital in the battle to come.