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Foreign secretary had brief video call with person claiming to be Petro Poroshenko, says Foreign Office

Lord Cameron became suspicious after exchanging text messages and ‘brief’ video call with someone purporting to be former President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko

Penny Mordaunt criticises absence as ‘completely wrong’ while internal party WhatsApp groups reportedly full of horrified responses

In today’s newsletter: Zoe Williams recaps the worst day (yet) for the Conservative leader, and the rest of the day’s action on the campaign trail

Fourteen years ago, when David Cameron defeated Gordon Brown to usher in the new British age of chaotic, wayward Conservatism, I was still in my thirties. Watching first a sequence of divisions sewn into the country, on issues of genuine political consequence, then the factious, petty culture wars that nagged…

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologized Friday for leaving D-Day commemorations in France early to return to the election campaign trail — a decision slammed as disgraceful by his political rivals.

British PM Rishi Sunak apologizes for leaving D-Day commemorations early, sparking criticism and disrupting election campaign.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologised on Friday for leaving the D-Day commemorations in France early to give a domestic television interview, the latest self-inflicted setback to his stuttering general election campaign.

After widespread criticism, prime minister says decision to skip ceremony in France was a ‘mistake’.

Mordaunt, for the Tories, faced Labour’s Angela Rayner, Reform’s Nigel Farage and candidates from Lib Dems, SNP, Greens and Plaid Cymru

In these still largely prosperous rural heartlands, filthy water has become a surprisingly powerful symbol of national decline, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff