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Stamp duty for first-time buyers would rise in 2025 under Labour government

Party says it would allow threshold for stamp duty to fall back to £300,000 after it was raised temporarily in 2022

The Guardian - UK

‘No way I can vote Labour’: Will pro-Palestine Brits sway the UK election?

Despite raging protests, those abandoning Labour over Starmer’s position are unlikely to affect the outcome.

Al Jazeera

Keir Starmer 'very concerned' about fallout from Bangladesh comments made at general election event

Leaflets claiming Labour plan to ‘deport Bangladeshis’ have been dropping on doorsteps in the East End

Evening Standard

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Election London: Finchley in the balance as Labour and Conservatives fight for Jewish voters

Thatcher’s old constituency, which has Britain’s biggest Jewish electorate, relegated Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour to third place in 2019

Evening Standard

Foggy, disjointed: Joe Biden's US debate performance bordered on 'elder abuse'

PRESS REVIEW – Friday, June 28: Foggy, stumbling and "elder abuse" are how the press described Joe Biden's performance against Donald Trump in their first head-to-head presidential debate on Thursday evening. The two men drew attention for their performance more than their policies. Has Biden tanked his campaign? Also, we…

France 24

Could central London, headquarters of God and mammon, really be turning red?

The affluent constituency is home to Mayfair clubs, Soho theatres and City types – one of whom told me: ‘We need to pay more tax’, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Starmer to delay recognition of Palestinian state to preserve relationship with US

The Labour leader has previously downplayed suggestions the recognition of the Palestinian state by Britain would happen anytime soon

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Labour wants to build an NHS ‘fit for the future’. Can it cut waiting times?

The party’s pledge for the NHS is ‘hugely ambitious’, says one expert, though others are more optimistic.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on televised election debates: the voters deserve better

Editorial: The TV contests between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer were sometimes illuminating, but they avoided the big questions facing Britain

The Guardian - UK

UK debate: Better than Biden-Trump? Meh

Contenders for Britain's top job didn't call each other demented drug fiends. So, hey, at least there's that

Salon

The Farage faithful know he’s a fraud but they don’t care

The Reform UK candidate brought the air of a televangelist to a rally in Sunderland that was all show and no substance

The Guardian - UK

From fears to regrets, an emotional Keir Starmer reveals what drives him

The Labour leader is often accused of lacking passion and personality. But, sitting down with editor-in-chief Geordie Greig days before the general election, Starmer ranged from welling up to barely suppressing anger as he revealed the motivation that has delivered him to the cusp of power – and his fears…

The Independent UK

Campaign catchup: Grumpy voters, a pottery throwdown, and a mishearing for the ages

In today’s newsletter: The final leaders’ debate is a bad-tempered affair echoing the mood for those out canvassing, although one doorstep interaction gives the best quote of election so far

The Guardian - UK

There was a telling difference between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer’s use of pronouns in the final election debate

When Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer stepped up for their final head-to-head debate of the election campaign on June 26, something was very notable about their language.

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Number of UK income tax payers leaps by 4.4m in three years due to threshold freeze

HMRC data shows 26% more people over state pension age paying tax on earnings than in 2021-22

The National (Scotland)

Fury as Labour 'block their own candidate' from campaigning against Nigel Farage

LABOUR has been accused of “not putting up a fight” in the constituency Nigel Farage is standing in as their party candidate was instructed to…

The Independent UK

Sunak accused of ‘desperate’ tactics with ‘don’t surrender to Labour’ poster of child with hands up

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he was ‘surprised’ by the shock image - of what appears to be three people at gunpoint

Evening Standard

OPINION - Keir Starmer crossed a big line when he called Rishi Sunak a liar — he shouldn't have done it

There it was. Not a slip of the tongue, not a mis-speak. A wilful, deliberate statement. And I never thought I’d hear it in a debate between two men at the very apex of public life. It was like a blow, only the man on the receiving end didn’t seem…

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The Tories are terrified of a Labour ‘supermajority’ – but there are reasons for Labour supporters to be wary too

A landslide victory for Starmer could lead to hubris and division. For Conservatives, it’s an existential question, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Sunak took the fight to Starmer in the last debate, but can’t progress with a party smothered by sleaze

The PM had points to make against an eminently beatable opponent, but I’m not sure the public wants to hear them now, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome

The Guardian - UK

Starmer says people would not be sent back to Afghanistan under returns policy

Labour leader says halting of asylum processing due to government’s Rwanda policy ‘absurd and reckless’

The Independent UK

Singer Arlo Parks: I’ve figured out who I am now

The musician has been appointed as the youngest Ambassador to the UK Committee for Unicef UK ahead of her Glastonbury Festival appearance.

The Conversation

Beyond ‘my dad was a toolmaker’: interviews with former politicians reveal what it’s really like to be working class in parliament

Most people following British politics would probably know by now that Labour leader Keir Starmer’s father was a toolmaker. He has talked many times about his working-class background and the way it informs his politics.

The Independent UK

Celebrity stylist Ellis Ranson on key summer fashion trends to know now

How to find your signature style this season, according to the woman who dresses the A list.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Lib Dems are on the march — but what do they stand for?

It isn’t easy being a Liberal Democrat. For decades the third wheel in British politics, the party was relegated to fourth place following its disastrous 2015 election result and the simultaneous rise of the Scottish National Party. But under Sir Ed Davey, the Lib Dems are enjoying something of a…

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