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Starmer: Wakefield victory could herald next Labour government

The Labour leader urged supporters not to be complacent with just days to go to until the by-election.

The Independent UK

'I'm no outsider': Labour's Wakefield by-election candidate Simon Lightwood insists

Simon Lightwood is determined to connect with as many constituents as he can before the crunch by-election on June 23. Mr Lightwood's selection to battle the Tories angered some in Labour circles last month.

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson's week of misery as Tories face Wakefield by-election crunch

Prime Minister Boris Johnson could be on course for two by-election defeats next week, as questions grow over his leadership

Daily Mirror

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Labour victory in Wakefield will be a 'big step' to win back the Red Wall, Andy Burnham says

The Mayor of Greater Manchester spoke exclusively to the Daily Mirror as he hit the campaign trail in Wakefield, hoping he can help rebuild the Red Wall. The city lies more than 50 miles away from his Greater Manchester authority.

Daily Mirror

PM pulls out of key 'red-wall' Tory event ahead of crucial by-elections

THE Prime Minister has pulled out of a conference of northern Conservatives despite a key upcoming by-election in the region triggered by the…

The National (Scotland)

Byelections to test ‘toxic’ Boris Johnson’s appeal with voters

Analysis: Losing seats of Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton would be ‘massive overturn’ for Conservatives

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson ducks out of Wakefield by-election meeting to visit Ukraine

The Prime Minister flew to meet the Ukraine President instead of facing his own MPs ahead of a difficult by-election next week.

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Boris Johnson accused of showing ‘total contempt’ for northern Tories after skipping conference

‘We were all ready with an oven-ready set of policies,’ says senior MP Jake Berry

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson pulls out of northern Tory conference as crunch Red Wall by-election looms

Prime Minister Boris Johnson had been due to speak at a gathered of the Northern Research Group in Doncaster and has yet to visit Wakefield to campaign ahead of Thursday's key by-election

Daily Mirror

The Northern Agenda: Is Boris Johnson at the races?

Read the Northern Agenda newsletter for Friday 17th June 2022

Manchester Evening News

Boris Johnson thinks he is honest, says Tory by-election candidate

But Tiverton and Honiton candidate Helen Hurford twice declined to say the Prime Minister is trustworthy.

The Independent UK

Bride's voice returns for her to say 'I do' in hospital wedding after brain surgery

Michelle and Darren Norbury got married at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield with the bride able to say "I do" after her voice returned just in time following brain surgery

Daily Mirror

Voters can trust Tories like they do GPs after Harold Shipman, says Wakefield candidate

Conservative candidate in Yorkshire byelection, Nadeem Ahmed, says Imran Ahmad Khan was ‘one bad apple’

The Guardian - UK

Tory by-election candidate says voters should still back party as ‘we still trust GPs after Harold Shipman’

Parliamentary hopeful says he believes voters understand there are ‘bad apples’ among politicians

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Leeds Live

All the routes and services affected by Arriva bus strikes in Leeds

The strikes have been going on since June 6 and look set to continue as both sides have failed to reach an agreement

The Independent UK

Trust Tories like you trust GPs after Harold Shipman, says Wakefield candidate

Conservative hopeful Nadeem Ahmed said former MP Imran Ahmad Khan, who was convicted of sexual assault, was a ‘bad apple’ like the mass-murderer GP.

Daily Mirror

Tory says voters should back them as 'people still trust GPs despite Harold Shipman'

Wakefield Conservative candidate Nadeem Ahmed said the former MP for the West Yorkshire seat, who was jailed for sexually assaulting a boy, was "one bad apple"

Evening Standard

Wakefield: by-election Tories set out a Brexiteer stall amid ‘controversy galore’ on national scene

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The Independent UK

Tory candidate in Wakefield by-election said Brexit ‘built on lies’ and regretted voting for it

Nadeem Ahmed also warned leaving EU had triggered racist attacks and backed second referendum, in embarrassment for Boris Johnson

Evening Standard

Wakefield and Tiverton by-elections: Why we’re having one, when is it and who is favourite to win?

By-elections will take place in West Yorkshire and Devon next week.

Daily Mirror

'Boris out of ideas and now fighting old battles - we're stuck until he's gone'

The mass of Conservative MPs with no confidence in jaundiced Johnson will only grow larger when he loses red wall Wakefield to Labour and possibly Tiverton to the Lib Dems

The Guardian - UK

‘Labour sure to win Wakefield’: more tips from the Mystic Meg of politics

Prof Jon Tonge has won most of his political bets, so here are some predictions from a ‘trumped-up Nostradamus’

Manchester Evening News

Appeal for missing Wakefield man last seen in Bury

Lennie King, 22, was last seen in Kay Gardens in Bury

Daily Mirror

Tory rebels vow to continue bid to oust Boris Johnson 'until he's gone'

Moments of high danger ahead for Boris Johnson include the Wakefield and Tiverton by-elections which the Tories are expected to lose. The PM also faces a damaging Commons investigation

Irish Mirror

What happens now as Boris Johnson survives no confidence vote - worst could be yet to come

While the Tory leader has insisted he wants to get on with running the UK, his behaviour has stirred up deep anger among his own backbenchers

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