Ceiling of Medusa Beach Club on the seafront at Palma de Mallorca gave way, according to reports At least four people have been killed and about 21 people injured after a building collapsed on a beachfront in Mallorca on Thursday, emergency services said. The two-storey building, the Medusa Beach Club, […]

Labour leader’s key campaign message is low on content but chimes with public attitudes in recent polling Change. The word was emblazoned on the lectern as Keir Starmer responded to Rishi Sunak’s rain-soaked speech on Wednesday and, lest there were any doubts about Labour’s key campaign message, he said it […]

Assertion that flights will not begin until after 4 July poll prompts despair from Tories on right of party Rishi Sunak has said deportation flights to Rwanda will not leave before the general election, prompting ridicule from Keir Starmer and despair from Tories on the right of the party. Under […]

Economies decide elections but with growth tentative, inflation sticky, and tax cuts unlikely, why would the PM wait UK general election – latest updates News: Sunak calls election for 4 July Why is Sunak calling an election now? When you are 20 or so points behind in the opinion polls […]

‘My plan is working,’ mumbled the PM, his suit drenched, his speech in rags, as Steve Bray cranked up the D:Ream News: Sunak calls election for 4 July Why is Sunak calling an election now? Things can only get wetter. The humiliation. Even when Rishi Sunak is totally down on […]

PM makes announcement to sound of song synonymous with Labour’s 1997 election landslide Rishi Sunak has finally ripped the plaster off and called a general election. He must have thought things could only get better. Sadly for him, it appeared they could only get wetter. The prime minister announced his […]

The polls show no sign of narrowing and insiders believe an IMF warning of a £30bn hole in the finances was weighing heavy News: Sunak calls election for 4 July Rishi Sunak took the final decision to call a summer election on two key statistics – a drop in inflation […]

PM announces date with Tories trailing Labour by 20 points in polls, saying it is ‘the moment for Britain to choose its future’ Why is Sunak calling an election now? Rishi Sunak has called a surprise general election for 4 July in a high stakes gamble that will see Keir […]

Israel must provide conditions for pier to operate safely, UN warns, as aid deliveries reduced to trickle The United Nations has suspended food distribution in the southern Gaza city of Rafah due to lack of supplies and insecurity. It also said no aid trucks have entered the territory in the […]

Public safety said to be at risk as a result of crisis measures such as freeing convicted criminals to ease overcrowding Police chiefs have told ministers they fear that the crisis gripping the Prison Service in England and Wales is “unsustainable” and risks public safety, the Guardian has learned. Government […]