Column: Leafleting, manifesto prep and a BBC debate: the final campaign push June 26, 2024 Like it or not, the six-week election campaign is finally drawing to a close - and come the early hours of July 5 we’re likely to have a new government.
Could Reform become the party of business? June 26, 2024 The Conservatives have damaged their reputation as the party of enterprise, leaving the field wide open for Reform to seize the free market agenda, says James Price This being a family-friendly newspaper, I will have to be judicious when quoting a certain ex-Tory Prime Minister’s response to businesses’ concerns about Brexit. “F*** business” was certainly [...]
Campaign cock-up of the week: The candidates who can’t stop embarrassing themselves June 20, 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?
Farage threatens vetting company with legal action for ‘stitch up’ June 18, 2024 Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has threatened to sue the company responsible for vetting Reform UK's candidates, accusing the firm of "stitching up" his party.
Cuts, NHS reform and no net zero: Five things we learned from Reform’s manifesto launch June 17, 2024 Nigel Farage positioned Reform as the main opposition force to Labour as he unveiled a manifesto that included big cuts to tax and spending. Here are five things we learnt from the launch.
Election 2024: Man arrested after ‘cement’ thrown at Nigel Farage June 11, 2024 A man has been arrested after objects including “cement” were thrown at Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.
Dame Alison Rose takes first job since leaving Natwest after Nigel Farage debanking storm June 11, 2024 Dame Alison Rose has taken up her first job since leaving Natwest last year in the aftermath of the Nigel Farage debanking storm over his Coutts account.
Reform pledges ‘Great British tax cut’ funded by raid on the banks June 10, 2024 "You cannot tax your way out of a crisis," Richard Tice said, "you grow your way out of it".
Election 2024: Reform UK will overtake Tories in polls, Ipsos boss predicts June 9, 2024 Reform UK is likely to overtake the Conservative Party in at least some polls in a so-called ‘crossover moment’, the boss of a polling firm has predicted.
We’ll use private healthcare to cut NHS waiting lists, Labour says June 4, 2024 Labour will use “spare capacity in the private sector” to reduce NHS waiting lists, Wes Streeting has said.