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The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Grant Shapps admits Tories ‘unlikely’ to win election as Sunak urged to ‘go for jugular’ on Starmer

With less than three weeks to go, polls continue to show the Tories facing electoral wipeout

The Independent UK

Reform UK plans ‘don’t add up’ and costings are out ‘by tens of billions of pounds per year’, says IFS – as it happened

As Nigel Farage launches party’s manifesto, Institute for Fiscal Studies says ‘the package as a whole is problematic’

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer trade blows on leadership and tax as election battles hot up in London

Grant Shapps admits Rishi Sunak win is ‘not the most likely outcome’ amid increasing Tory poll gloom

Evening Standard

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The downfall of the Tories may be predictable, but it can still feel promising

Voters keep being warned to temper expectations. But a Labour party finally taking power should embrace that sense of opportunity, and be transformed by it, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - UK

'Scottish Labour will be mortified': Tony Blair weighs in on independence

TONY Blair has been criticised after he claimed Scotland not being independent shows devolution has been successful.

The National (Scotland)

Campaigners hope Labour will scrap two-child benefit cap once in No 10

Manifesto has no pledge to reverse rule Angela Rayner has said is ‘inhumane’ but there have been hints at more to come

The Guardian - UK

Starmer faces further calls for Labour to axe two-child benefit cap

IFS research shows 670,000 more children will be hit by policy by end of next parliament if limit stays in place

The Guardian - UK

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Rishi Sunak says he is not opposed to assisted dying

PM says ‘I’m not against it in principle’ with issue expected to be subject of Commons vote in next parliament

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on social security: Labour must face the harm caused by benefit cuts

Editorial: A huge gap has opened up between pensions and working-age benefits, and millions of children are paying the price

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s offer: ‘dullifesto’ or a bold plan for Britain?

Letters: In making wealth the number one priority, Keir Starmer is agreeing to longstanding economic myths, writes Bernie Evans. Plus letters from Yvonne Williams, Anthony Cheke and Eva Tutchell

The Guardian - UK

Students aren’t all superhuman – that’s why means-tested grants must return

Letters: Many students have to do 20-plus hours a week of paid work to get by, and grants would let them focus more on learning than surviving, says Wendy Sloane, while Prof Andy Long also calls for reform of financial support for undergraduates

The Guardian - UK

Morgan McSweeney: Labour election guru and bogeyman of the party’s left

Starmer’s closest aide is credited with putting the party in a position to win but his popularity is not universal

The Guardian - UK

Voters reveal which political leader they would like to manage the England football team

Exclusive: Techne UK asked voters which political leader would be best to manage the England football team

The Independent UK

The election is farcical and frustrating, but deeply significant – under Labour things really could get better

Everywhere I go in Britain, people are exhausted. But there’s good reason to believe a Labour government would bring unseen possibilities, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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Labour would leave NHS worse off than in Tory austerity years, research says

THE NHS would be left with lower spending increases under Labour than during the worst years of Tory austerity cuts, fresh analysis has suggested.

The Guardian - UK

Disaffection among young UK voters fuelling growth of smaller parties

Apathy, economic insecurity and feeling ignored is driving the under-35s away from Labour and the Tories

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer’s football obsession isn’t just good politics … it’s at the heart of who he is

Politicians of all stripes reach for the beautiful game’s common touch but the Labour leader’s affinity is genuine, says his biographer

The Independent UK

‘I am the original Brexiteer’ - Rishi Sunak hits back at Nigel Farage challenge

Rishi Sunak came out fighting after Reform overtook the Conservatives for the first time in one YouGov poll

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The Guardian - UK

Time may be up for the Tories, but their legacy of lies will live on

Rishi Sunak and his cronies have helped spread an epidemic of disinformation in this campaign – it’s a political way of life for the right

The Guardian - UK

Sir Keir’s not here to entertain. If the media wants politics as panto, it’s playing in Clacton

Complaints that the Labour campaign is dull are a tribute to its steely professionalism

Evening Standard

Tories and Labour clash on tax as General Election battles intensify

The Tories are fighting on two fronts, trying to take on Labour on tax while clinging on to voters considering shifting to Reform UK.

The Guardian - UK

A wobbly left and a wary right could cut the Labour vote with low turnout

Labour may currently have a commanding lead, but a second lacklustre half to the campaign could lead some voters to stay at home, writes political scientist Robert Ford

The Guardian - UK

Victoria Starmer isn’t playing ball with the rightwing press. Good for her

To add to its frustrations, the Labour leader’s wife hasn’t said anything silly and has refused to exhibit the couple’s children

The Guardian - UK

Labour sends activists to 13 seats where it fears losing Muslim voters over Gaza

Concern continues after local elections and George Galloway win that party’s position on Israel-Gaza war still eroding support

The Independent UK

How to understand the 2024 general election? These books will help

Nigel Farage is back, the Tories are in freefall and everyone’s shouting about tax. If you want to read up on the choices facing voters on 4 July – and better understand how we got here in the first place – Jessie Thompson has your ultimate general election reading guide

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