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The fallout from the first general election debate has left viewers and voters with a bad taste in their mouths. The Conservatives’ disputed claim about Labour’s tax plans shows precisely the problems of adversarial debate formats: they favour soundbites, attack politics and rhetorical tactics that can be misleading.

Party of far-right populist predicted to take 11 seats against six for challenger who is building a centrist movement

If the Labour party wants to deliver real transformation for voters, now is the time to be brave, and back a wealth tax, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The UK statistics watchdog rapped the Conservative claim about Labour’s proposals

Exit polls show surge in support for populist Geert Wilders and his anti-immigration party.

Liz Kendall, shadow work and pensions secretary, tells pensioners in Essex repayment demands ‘unforgivable’

Voters in Ireland and the Czech Republic go to the polls Friday on the second day of marathon EU elections, after the Netherlands kicked off the ballot with a strong showing by the far right.

Scotland’s First Minister will warn that the impact of the General Election could be “deeply damaging”...

Institute for Government calls for ‘credible vision’ to tackle crisis engulfing NHS, prisons and local councils

Threshold would apply to households rather than individuals under plan that party says would cost £1.3bn a year

A final exit poll suggested Thursday that Geert Wilders’ far-right party made big gains and was in a neck and neck race with a center-left alliance in Dutch elections for the European Union parliament.