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COMMENT: When the Reform UK leader is questioned about who actually owns the £900,000 Clacton property where he lives and how much stamp duty was paid on it – especially in light of Angela Rayner’s resignation over a tax irregularity – Farage becomes uncharacteristically irritable. Why might that be, asks…

COMMENT: The prime minister said his party’s biggest mistake is that ‘we haven’t always told our story as well as we should’ – an attempt to minimise a problem that is fundamental, argues John Rentoul

Political editors of national broadcasters have two main jobs. One is to stick to the Prime Minister like glue, following them on foreign trips, covering speeches and Commons appearances to document No 10’s priorities and pitfalls for a public that will decide whether to give the PM another term. The second…

Where to go for expert analysis

There is really only one place to start this week and that’s with events that surrounded BBC presenter Laura Kuenssberg a last week ...

Beth Rigby’s withdrawal after not being allowed to record conversation follows BBC cancellation over notes gaffe

The perks of being an MP, from VIP seats and free clothes to helicopter rides

When the exit polls landed, the Sky News roster – Kay Burley, Beth Rigby et al – could muster only a series of strangulated, almost orgasmic, grunts

From Tory ministers hanging up on journalists to the Lib Dem leader launching himself into a lake – plus The Traitors, cold burgers and Zumba classes – this campaign has gone from weird to weirder