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UK election 2024
Read the latest updates on the UK general election 2024, which is set to take place on 4 July
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Today's latest updates from the general election campaigns
- Second Reform candidate defects to Tories over racism concerns as Sunak defends Conservative campaign
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- NewsThe National
See the key points in the Scottish Greens' manifesto ahead of the General Election
WITH the General Election just days away, candidates up and down Scotland will be looking to win over as many voters as they can before they head to the polls ...
- NewsThe Independent
Farage amasses 39 billion video views as Reform dominate social media election battle
Facebook is the right-wing party’s biggest stronghold, while Farage and Labour both rack up billions of views on Twitter videos
- NewsThe Independent
Starmer refuses to guarantee anybody a job in his new government
Keir Starmer is preparing to win power on Thursday but has refused to even confirm Rachel Reeves as his new chancellor
- NewsThe Independent
Voices: Election night: Everything to watch out for once the polls close
COMMENT: John Rentoul offers his guide to the seats to worth staying up for, the ‘Portillo moments’ you won’t want to miss… and when best to take a power nap
- NewsThe Telegraph
The Daily T: Your definitive election night guide
It’s set to be one of the most dramatic and consequential general elections in decades - and likely a sleepless night for some. When will we know if Conservative ‘big beasts’ have lost their seats? Or the extent of a Labour landslide? Or whether Reform have won any seats at all? We have all the answers.
- NewsThe Telegraph
If Keir Starmer wins on Thursday, I warn you not to be middle-class
Thank goodness it’s nearly over. Six weeks of half truths, obfuscation, false hopes and downright lies delivered by tieless, shirt-sleeved leaders in a variety of factories, building sites or sports grounds in front of audiences made up principally of party activists clad in hi-vis jackets. Apart from Ed Davey, that is, who has preferred to campaign in theme parks.
- NewsThe National
See the key points in the SNP's manifesto ahead of the General Election
WITH the General Election just days away candidates up and down Scotland will be looking to win over as many voters as they can before they head to the polls ...
- NewsThe Guardian
Tory tactics make this a rip-roaring election for the phrase ‘[citation needed]’
Conservative strategy seems to involve throwing a range of negative things at the wall each week and seeing what sticks
- NewsThe Telegraph
Keir Starmer must lead the fight against Moscow
As the UK seems likely to swing to the Left on Thursday, Labour’s beloved European Union is not just going Right, but is heading in the opposite ideological direction to Starmer’s party. On everything from migration to military intervention, Labour would find itself an outlier.
- NewsThe Independent
Rishi Sunak stacks shelves at Morrisons days ahead of general election
Rishi Sunak stacked the shelves at a Morrisons supermarket in Oxfordshire while on the general election campaign trail. The prime minister spoke to employees alongside Rami Baitieh, CEO of Morrisons, on Tuesday 2 July. Mr Sunak made a campaign stop at a Morrisons store near Witney – the former Oxfordshire seat of Lord David Cameron where the Tories won with a 15,200 majority in 2019.
