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.
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".
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.
Social media giants in the spotlight as parties throw money at online ads June 5, 2024 Social media companies’ political advertising policies are likely to come under increasing scrutiny as UK political parties throw more money at online ads in the run up to the election, Jess Jones writes
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 [...]
Tories’ disdain for young people could be their undoing June 5, 2024 Stoking generational culture wars may win a handful of votes in the short-term, but it could trigger the end of the Conservative party as we know it, says Zoe Grunewald No need to stop the press: the Tories are going to lose. That’s a given. The party is resigned to defeat and even Rishi Sunak’s [...]
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.
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.