Sophie Wingate
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Penny Mordaunt and Angela Rayner to take part in BBC’s Friday election debate
Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer, who are going head-to-head in a debate on Tuesday, will not attend.
3 Jun 2024
Politics
Sunak denies stoking culture war with pledge to change law around biological sex
The Conservatives want to amend the Equality Act to make clear sex means ‘biological sex’ rather than gender.
3 Jun 2024
Politics
Ben Wallace puts down Labour’s nuclear triple lock plan with four-letter insult
The Tory ex-defence secretary said defence had been hollowed out by both Labour and Conservative governments.
3 Jun 2024
Politics
Starmer signals review of UK arms sales to Israel under Labour government
The UK Government has resisted pressure to halt the licences, amid concerns that Israel could be in breach of international humanitarian law.
3 Jun 2024
Politics
Badenoch cannot say what paperwork would define biological sex under Tory plan
The Conservatives want to amend the Equality Act so that protections it enshrines on the basis of someone’s sex apply only to their biological sex.
3 Jun 2024
Politics2 Jun 2024
Starmer vows to curb migration if Labour wins election
The Labour leader proposes a ban on law-breaking employers from hiring foreign workers.
Politics
What to expect on the General Election campaign trail on Sunday
Rishi Sunak is seeking to fire up his campaign with a promise to boost community care.
2 Jun 2024
Politics1 Jun 2024
Rayner brands claims she pushed Starmer into Abbott decision ‘rubbish’
Sir Keir Starmer gave the veteran left-winger the green light to stand for his party in the election after his deputy backed her candidacy
Politics
Keir Starmer unveils manifesto pledge to curb immigration numbers
The Labour leader wants to train more Britons and ban rule-breaking employers from hiring from abroad.
1 Jun 2024
Politics
Starmer dodges Abbott questions as Sunak defends cash-for-towns pledge
Both leaders launched their parties’ battle buses as campaigning entered its second weekend.
1 Jun 2024
Politics
Election campaign day 10: Sunak pokes Abbott wound as Starmer seeks to move on
Both leaders launched their parties’ battle buses as campaigning entered its second weekend.
1 Jun 2024
Music
Keir Starmer brushes off D:Ream song snub: ‘We’re not in 1997’
The pop group behind New Labour’s 1997 anthem Things Will Only Get Better said they would not allow Sir Keir to use the track at this election.
1 Jun 2024
Politics
‘You wait then three come in a row’ – Starmer compares buses to Tory defections
The Labour leader was launching the party’s campaign battle bus in Uxbridge.
1 Jun 2024
Politics
Election campaign day nine: Starmer gives Abbott green light to stand
The Labour leader declares the veteran left-winger ‘free’ to stand after the days-long row overshadowed his campaign.
31 May 2024
Politics
Former Tory MP Julian Knight to stand as Independent in election
He lost the Tory whip in 2022 as police investigated sexual assault allegations against him.
31 May 2024
Politics
Starmer distances himself from Rayner and Sarwar in row over Abbott
The Labour leader reiterated that ‘no decision has been taken’ on whether Diane Abbott will stand again for his party.
31 May 2024
Politics
Labour attacks Tories for ‘allowing soldier numbers to slump below their target’
Army numbers have fallen to below 73,000 for the first time, Government statistics revealed.
30 May 2024
Politics30 May 2024
Former Tory MP Mark Logan quits party to back Labour at election
Logan, who represented Bolton North East for the Conservatives, said a government led by Sir Keir Starmer was ‘going to be better for the UK’.
Politics30 May 2024
Sunak challenged over partygate by man whose mum died during pandemic
The Prime Minister apologised for ‘what was going on in Downing Street’ and then highlighted his role in implementing furlough.
Politics
Angela Rayner felt her ‘wings had been clipped’ by police probe into house row
The deputy Labour leader declared ‘I’m back’ on the campaign trail after police said they would take no further action.
30 May 2024
Politics
Labour would not spend foreign aid budget on asylum hotels – Starmer
The Home Office took £3 billion of the foreign aid budget last year as it sought to recoup the cost of housing migrants.
30 May 2024