Election 2024: Home straight for Sunak and Starmer as polling day approaches July 1, 2024 Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer are set to enter the home straight this week as the general election campaign enters its final few days.
Election 2024: Labour and Tories turn fire on Reform UK and Farage June 29, 2024 Nigel Farage has been criticised by both the Tories and Labour for failing to show leadership over tackling allegations of racism within Reform UK.
Election 2024: Sunak has only visited five top Tory at-risk seats June 29, 2024 Rishi Sunak has only campaigned in five of 45 constituencies where Cabinet members are at risk of losing their seats.
UK GDP grows faster than expected in Q1 June 28, 2024 The UK economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter.
Election 2024: What is tactical voting and how could it impact the outcome? June 27, 2024 With just over a week left until the general election, debate has emerged over whether tactical voting is the best use of an individual’s ballot.
Election 2024: Our plan for business will ‘turbocharge growth’, Tories claim June 27, 2024 The Conservatives have claimed their plan for the UK’s businesses will “turbocharge growth and productivity” ahead of the July 4 general election.
Will it work? Tax and benefit cuts June 27, 2024 It’s an election year. Politicians are giving us a barrage of policies. But we often forget to ask the most important question: will they actually work? In this column Sam Fowles take policies on their own terms and asks whether they solve the problem they’re supposed to solve. Rishi Sunak has made tax cuts the [...]
Leaders’ debate: ‘Are you two really the best we’ve got?’ voter asks Sunak and Starmer June 26, 2024 Sir Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak were criticised during the final leaders debate of the general election by a voter who asked: “Are you two really the best we’ve got?”
Column: Leafleting, manifesto prep and a BBC debate: the final campaign push June 26, 2024 Like it or not, the six-week election campaign is finally drawing to a close - and come the early hours of July 5 we’re likely to have a new government.
Which is the real party of business? June 26, 2024 Rishi Sunak has won praise from political strategists for finally distancing himself from his short-lived predecessor, saying “I was right when I warned you about Liz Truss”. But what should the City make of the Conservative leader drawing such a firm line under his party’s experiment with free market ideology? To answer that question, it’s [...]