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Reality check: Sunak’s tax cut claims and Starmer’s pledges

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer took questions from the public on Sky News on Wednesday. We examine their claims on tax, Rwanda deportations and NHS dentists

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer fail to mention Scotland once in election event

RISHI Sunak and Keir Starmer did not mention Scotland once during the Sky News General Election event on Wednesday evening.

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer challenged on tax while Rishi Sunak squirms in Sky News TV grilling on D-Day and immigration

The Labour and Tory leader were grilled on their plans for the country in the Sky News election special in Grimsby

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Sunak and Starmer grilled on broken pledges but PM feels heat on trust

Prime minister put on the spot about D-day gaffe, while the Labour leader was accused of being ‘political robot’

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer heckled for focusing on the 'past' during General Election event

KEIR Starmer has been heckled during the Sky News leaders’ event as he was accused of only talking about “the past and the present” instead of…

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer reveals his wife Victoria did not want him to go into politics

Labour leader Sir Keir says he wanted to ‘serve his country’ as a politician instead of taking another role as a lawyer

The Independent UK

Watch live as Rishi Sunak faces Keir Starmer in second general election debate

Watch live as Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer face off in a second leaders’ debate, hosted by Sky News, on Wednesday 12 June.

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Name your winner as Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak set out their election promises to Sky’s Beth Rigby

We want to know if hearing from Mr Sunak and Sir Keir for a second time has changed your opinion on either party. Who was your winner tonight?

The Independent UK

General Election 2024: Starmer quizzed on tax as Sunak 'incredibly sad' over D-Day furore in TV grilling

The leaders are sitting down for cross-examinations of their pledges

Evening Standard

Labour’s plan for nursery places is great – in theory

Letters: Iain Dalton urges Leeds’s Labour-led council to reconsider nursery closures, while Anne-Louise Crocker and Emily Brookes wonder where new staff for the promised 100,000 extra places will come from

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak declares he has not given up after minister warns of Labour ‘supermajority’

Defence secretary Grant Shapps effectively concedes defeat forcing the prime minister to say he still believes the Tories can win election

The Independent UK

Who should hold the next prime minister to account? Our best hope lies with the Green party

The party’s manifesto, which pledges to use a wealth tax to revitalise our public services, shows it can push Labour to raise its ambitions, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

Campaign catchup: Defeatist Tories, cautious Greens, and the leader who really loves cars

In today’s newsletter: Explaining the strategy behind Grant Shapps’ warning of a Labour ‘supermajority’

The Guardian - UK

'Fantastic': Scots give priceless responses to General Election in live Sky News clip

SCOTS shoppers gave a series of priceless reactions when questioned about their views on Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak live on Sky News on Wednesday…

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Fifty Labour members quit over 'unfair' deselection of Faiza Shaheen in northeast London

Ms Shaheen was barred from standing after liking a series of posts online that allegedly downplayed antisemitism allegations

The National (Scotland)

SNP issue warning after energy giant quits North Sea project over Labour plans

THE SNP have issued a warning to the Labour Party after an energy giant pulled out of a North Sea project due to “negative political…

The Conversation

Conservative manifesto puts home ownership up top – but ignores housing affordability

At the first UK general election debate between the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, and the leader of the opposition, Keir Starmer, Sunak claimed his government had “delivered 1 million new homes”.

The Guardian - UK

Why is nobody talking about Brexit in the UK election?

The once defining issue in British politics has barely featured in this summer’s campaign

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Keir Starmer ally Louise Haigh defends Labour leader's jibe at Jeremy Corbyn manifesto from 2019

Shadow transport secretary says: ‘That was the worst election defeat we'd suffered in our history. And we've learned from those lessons.’

The Guardian - UK

Tories fighting to prevent Labour winning ‘supermajority’, says Shapps

Defence secretary says even bigger win than 1997 landslide would be ‘very bad news’ for country

The Guardian - UK

General election TV Q&A: Sunak refuses to accept tax burden will definitely rise during next parliament – as it happened

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Evening Standard

Tories appear to admit election defeat as Cabinet minister pleads: Don't give Keir Starmer a 'super majority'

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps argued if Labour gets a majority ‘of the size of Blairs or even bigger’ it would place Britain in a ‘dangerous place’

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak went without ‘lots of things’ including Sky TV as a child

PM recalls his parents’ sacrifices for his education in interview recorded after his return from D-day celebrations

The Conversation

Lib Dem proposals take social care reform seriously – but doubts remain over how they’d pay for it

Despite the fact that it is central to so many people’s lives, too often, social care is an afterthought for UK political parties. In the first TV debate of the 2024 general election, Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer devoted only 36 seconds to this issue.

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage's Reform to leapfrog Tories into second place in key Red Wall seat of Hartlepool - survey

Hartlepool was the site of Boris Johnson’s greatest victory in 2021 before his premiership fell apart

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