Seventy-eight Tory MPs are quitting rather than standing, beating 1997’s record number Michael Gove and Andrea Leadsom have joined the now record-breaking exodus of Conservative MPs from the Commons, with the former saying it was time for a “new generation” to lead the party. Gove’s announcement in a letter tweeted […]
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Commons education committee chair says online world poses serious dangers and parents face uphill struggle MPs have urged the next government to consider a total ban on smartphones for under 16-year-olds and a statutory ban on mobile phone use in schools as part of a crackdown on screen time for […]
Move is most significant made by Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his allies United’s eighth-placed league finish their lowest since 1990 Manchester United have decided to sack Erik ten Hag after the FA Cup final against Manchester City. In an echo of United parting company with Louis van Gaal despite winning […]
Keir Starmer says Tory plans ‘up in the air or in the bin’, with proposals to end no-fault evictions also likely to be dropped Rishi Sunak has dropped flagship policies on deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda and banning smoking for young people on the first full day of his election […]
First campaign day marked by concerns about ‘plants’ in audience and PM putting Euros foot in mouth in Wales Rishi Sunak has taken questions from two men dressed in hi-vis clothing at a warehouse in Derbyshire who turned out to be Conservative councillors. The prime minister was visiting a biscuit […]
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 […]