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Labour criticised for ‘U-turning’ on plans to abolish the House of Lords

The party’s manifesto will include plans to introduce an age limit for peers and scrap new hereditary roles, the Times reports.

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak’s chances were always slim. And the numbers just get worse

Polls show longstanding Tory advantages on issues such as immigration, crime and defence are gone, while Labour opens new leads in traditional areas

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak openly condemned by second cabinet minister over D-Day row as he cancels press event

Prime minister said to be despondent over furious backlash to his missing international event

The Independent UK

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Labour criticised for 'U-turning' on plans to abolish the House of Lords

Labour has faced criticism for “U-turning” on its previous proposals to abolish the House of Lords ...

The National (Scotland)

Philippa Whitford: I'm not optimistic Labour will offer anything different on Gaza

FOR so many MPs, the last-minute calling of the latest General Election marked the start of a frantic few days in preparation for campaigning,…

The National (Scotland)

The week in audio: Thief at the Museum; Memories from the Dance Floor; The John Dredge Nothing to Do With Anything Show; More or Less – review

A case of cultural sleuthing makes for a classy whodunnit; LGBTQ+ nightlife in 70s and 80s Wales hits the sweet spot; a comic whose every line is a winner; and politics unpicked

The Guardian - UK

Farage’s milkshake and Sunak’s D-Day calamity: Key moments from election campaign trail – week three

An eventful 2024 general election campaign went into its third week, bringing unprecedented poll projections, candidate U-turns and moments to forget for Rishi Sunak

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Sunak pledges to keep stamp duty threshold at £425k for first-time buyers

Pledge comes as parties prepare to launch their manifestos, with Labour to offer support for small businesses

The Guardian - UK

General election – as it happened: planned opportunity for media to question Sunak ‘cancelled’ as D-day fallout continues

BBC and PA Media say a scheduled opportunity to question the prime minister was withdrawn on Saturday

The Guardian - UK

I’m a floating voter. Wes Streeting has my attention, but who else has bold, radical ideas?

The country is sick of the Tories. The opposition promises change, but is too terrified to articulate what that might entail, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Tax rises of £800 a year coming whoever wins UK election, thinktank finds

Neither Labour nor Tories have committed to axing already announced rises, Resolution Foundation warns

The Guardian - UK

‘Almost everyone supports Labour’: why 2024 isn’t the TikTok election

Users are 31% more likely to vote left than people of the same age and background who do not use it, poll finds

The Guardian - UK

Multiparty debate shows an audience tiring of the Labour-Tory slugging match

There were no knock-out blows, but some refreshing arguments that don’t get aired when the two heavyweights dominate the ring, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

Mordaunt calls Sunak D-Day decision ‘completely wrong’ and clashes with Rayner on £2000 tax claim in fiery BBC election debate

Taxes, immigration and NHS dominate heated seven-way debate

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The Guardian - UK

Slanging matches and soundbites: debate delivers seven ways to make time drag

Second TV outing manages to be simultaneously predictable, deadly dull and extremely bad-tempered

The Guardian - UK

Labour and Tories renew clashes in ill-tempered second election debate

Angela Rayner and Penny Mordaunt spar over taxes, defence and cost of living as others jostle for attention

The Independent UK

Labour’s largest union donor Unite refuses to endorse party’s election manifesto

Move came as a shock to members of Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet, including David Lammy who said he was ‘surprised’

The Guardian - UK

Furious Tories turn on Rishi Sunak over D-day commemorations snub

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

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The Guardian - UK

Labour signs off election manifesto but Unite refuses to endorse it

Document approved at ‘clause V’ meeting despite union’s reservations about issues including fire and rehire

The Guardian - UK

Campaign catchup: Sunak grovels, Labour teases, and a fiscal black hole awaits

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

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s D-day failure is a campaign disaster – and a sign he’s forgotten the very recent past

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

The Conversation

Why the UK really does need a clear plan to fix adult social care

Social care is set to be a central theme in the forthcoming UK general election. In the first electoral debate, held on June 4, 2024, Labour leader Keir Starmer promised a full plan to be published within the party’s manifesto. Sunak was altogether vaguer on what the Conservatives aim to…

Evening Standard

OPINION - The novel of the summer has reminded me: where did the politics of hope go?

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…

France 24

British PM Rishi Sunak apologises for leaving D-Day ceremony early

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.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer heading for 10 years in power, new poll says

Exclusive: Redfield and Wilton poll for The Independent also finds that Tory supporters want Nigel Farage to suceed Rishi Sunak as party leader

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