Leader targets swing voters in Kent and Essex while shadow chancellor makes vow on taxes and spending Keir Starmer will declare on Monday that Labour has changed “permanently” under his stewardship, after the party ruled out raising income tax or national insurance if it wins the election. In his first […]
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IDF says strike on tents housing displaced people hit Hamas installation after militants launch first salvo at Israel in months At least 35 people have been killed after an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah hit tents housing displaced people, Palestinian medics have said, hours after Hamas […]
Criticism of proposed scheme comes as another blow to the party’s struggling election campaign Britain’s armed forces need more money not untrained teenage volunteers, former military leaders and Tory figures have said in a new blow to the Conservatives’ faltering election campaign. Within hours of being announced, Rishi Sunak’s election […]
Labour lambasts youth policy as ‘desperate and unfunded’ and designed to make youngsters fix government-created problems Rishi Sunak has announced that a future Conservative government would bring back mandatory national service, as he attempted to reignite his election campaign after an error-strewn start. Under the plan, which appeared to be […]
The shadow chancellor has accused Conservatives of making unfunded financial commitments after calling a snap election Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves accuses the Tories of making £64bn of unfunded spending commitments in a “desperate and reckless” effort to rescue their gaffe-strewn general election campaign. Speaking to the Observer, Reeves said that […]
Plane was part of RAF Battle of Britain memorial flight, which maintains historic aircraft in airworthy condition A pilot has died after a Spitfire crashed in a field near an RAF base in Lincolnshire, a Royal Air Force spokesperson has confirmed. “It is with great sadness that we must confirm […]
Two-time PGA Tour winner dies Saturday morning aged 30 Murray withdrew from Colonial tournament on Friday The two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray died on Saturday morning at the age of 30, one day after he withdrew from the Charles Schwab Cup Challenge at Colonial. There were no immediate details […]
Party leader says if you can work, pay tax and serve in armed forces you should be able to vote • UK politics live – latest updates Sixteen- and 17-year-olds could be given the right to vote if Labour wins the general election, Keir Starmer has confirmed. “If you can […]
ICJ president says humanitarian situation in Gaza’s southernmost city is now classified as ‘disastrous’ ICJ ruling underlines risks for Israel as its isolation grows The UN’s top court has ordered Israel to halt its assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah in a ruling that will ratchet up the […]
Former boss claims IT executives and legal counsels let her down and tells inquiry she ‘loved the Post Office’ Paula Vennells, the former Post Office chief executive, has named five executives who she said were to blame for the Horizon scandal, including a missing IT expert and a former in-house […]