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In today’s newsletter: Campaigning is over, so we round up six weeks of terrible memes, tetchy politicians and downright dodgy graphs

After an eventful election campaign, voters across the UK are making their final decision. Polls have indicated for some time that the Conservatives, led by Rishi Sunak, are on course to lose to Labour and that Keir Starmer will become the first Labour prime minister in 14 years.

Data reveals surge in spending on political advertising across social media as voting day nears

Leaving it as late as editorially possible, the Sun has endorsed Labour. With an election day front page saying it’s “time for a change”, the Murdoch-owned tabloid says the Conservatives “have become a divided rabble, more interested in fighting themselves than running the country”.

There is a new ‘professional, managerial class’ running the party, and it has a complex relationship with the working class, says author Dan Evans

A complete guide to the how Britain votes for its government and the prime minister is decided

The opposition leader has always been a man on a mission. On Thursday, keep in mind that none of this was inevitable, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian’s supermassive 2024 general election campaign quiz. How will you fare?

AN acclaimed Scottish musician has given his backing to the SNP in the upcoming General Election ...

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

Critics felt dubbing the Labour leader a ‘part-time prime minister’ for his comments on family time was desperate, hypocritical, and likely to backfire on Rishi Sunak