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Labour’s leader Keir Starmer has been accused of purging left-wing members of his party ahead of the general election.

Letters: Prof Nick Megoran on the horror of Hiroshima, Andrew Aikman on Russia’s need for buffer states, Norman Rimmell on fears of a nuclear accident, and Alex Hamilton on the deterrent power of the atomic bomb. Plus a letter from Ted Schrecker

Having won with Tony Blair in 1997, the Labour frontbencher wants party back in No 10

In the UK’s 2019 general election, regional inequality took centre stage. Conservative candidate Boris Johnson harnessed the widespread pro-Brexit sentiment and capitalised on how the Labour Party had been weakened under Jeremy Corbyn to storm to victory.

Win would benefit banks, builders and supermarkets, say analysts, showing appeal of ‘centrist platform’ for City

She is quitting the Commons with no regrets. The UK’s first female foreign secretary discusses chauvinism, Corbyn, contempt for politicians – and her worst period in office

Jeremy Corbyn is running as an independent against Labour Party choice Praful Nargund

The prime minister had only to look back a few years to see he was making a huge mistake, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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…

With a campaign slogan of “change”, Keir Starmer is on a mission to persuade the electorate that the Labour party of 2024 is different to the one of 2019. Part of this is his unequivocal “triple lock” commitment to Trident, the UK’s nuclear weapon system.

Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election