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Unite refuses to endorse Labour manifesto

Unite refused to give its backing to the final version of the policy document, which was signed off on at the party’s secretive Clause V meeting.
By Nina Lloyd
7 Jun 2024
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Labour signs off manifesto with pledge to recognise Palestinian state

Shadow ministers, Labour members and union representatives left the Clause V meeting on Friday having finalised the election manifesto

By Nina Lloyd
7 Jun 2024
Children enjoy playing on swings in a park (Gareth Fuller/PA)
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Children’s minister admits not knowing how much child benefit is worth

David Johnston was asked for the figure during an appearance on LBC on Friday.
By Nina Lloyd
7 Jun 2024
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer, at the launch event for Labour’s campaign bus at Uxbridge College, while on the General Election campaign trail (Lucy North/PA)
Politics

Starmer makes manifesto pledge to recognise Palestinian state

The Labour leader suggested that such a move should not be blocked by a neighbouring country.
By Nina Lloyd
7 Jun 2024
Labour says Sunak’s TV interview on D-Day was ‘dereliction of duty’ (Andrew Matthews/PA)
Politics

Labour says Sunak’s TV interview on D-Day was ‘dereliction of duty’

The Prime Minister sat down with ITV on Thursday to defend claims he had made about Sir Keir Starmer’s tax plans.
By Nina Lloyd
7 Jun 2024
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Politics

Recognition of Palestinian state in peace process expected in Labour manifesto

Sir Keir Starmer will also commit to ensuring such a move is not vetoed by a neighbouring country, according to multiple reports.
By Nina Lloyd
6 Jun 2024
Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer went head to head in a TV debate on Wednesday (Jonathan Hordle/ITV)
Politics

Sunak denies being ‘liar’ over £2,000 tax claim

The Prime Minister said Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was ‘obviously very rattled’ after he repeatedly deployed the attack line during an ITV debate.
By Nina Lloyd
6 Jun 2024
Jeremy Corbyn with Faiza Shaheen (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Politics

Dropped Labour candidate to stand as Independent

Faiza Shaheen confirmed her plans to contest the seat of Chingford and Woodford Green on July 4.
By Nina Lloyd
5 Jun 2024
The Labour leader, left, will make the announcement in a speech ahead of the 80th anniversary of D-Day (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Politics

Starmer pledges laws for new armed forces tsar in first King’s Speech if elected

The independent commissioner would be tasked with holding the government to account on issues affecting service personnel.
By Nina Lloyd
4 Jun 2024
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Politics

Keir Starmer vows to ‘close door on Putin’ with GB Energy

The Labour leader claimed Rishi Sunak’s ‘political collapse’ on net zero commitments risks leaving the UK ‘over a barrel’.

By Nina Lloyd
4 Jun 2024
Sir Keir Starmer, Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves (Lucy North/PA)
Politics

Labour set for biggest election victory in party history, poll suggests

The party looks set to win as many as 422 seats, with the Tories reduced to just 140, according to YouGov analysis.
By Nina Lloyd
3 Jun 2024
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Lib Dems stick oar in to Sunak’s riverside campaign visit

The Prime Minister appeared not to realise that activists from the rival party had gatecrashed his trip as he spoke to voters at a rowing club.

By Nina Lloyd
3 Jun 2024
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Minister rejected plans for national service two days before Tory pledge

Andrew Murrison had said there were ‘no plans’ to introduce national service

By Nina LloydDaniel Keane
27 May 2024
Sir Keir Starmer will promise a commitment to security will be the “bedrock” of Labour’s manifesto. Issue date: Wednesday December 27, 2023.
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Labour and Tories to clash on security after national service announcement

Sir Keir Starmer will say that ‘economic security, border security, and national security’ will form the bedrock of the party manifesto.
By Nina Lloyd
27 May 2024
Shadow work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall said Labour would revive the smoking ban (PA)
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Labour would reignite smoking ban, shadow minister says

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill was not included in the legislation that will be rushed through by MPs ahead of Parliament being prorogued on Friday.
By Nina Lloyd
26 May 2024
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Brits will not go to jail for avoiding National Service, Cleverly says

The Home Secretary said there would be no criminal sanctions for young people who did not take part.

By Nina Lloyd
26 May 2024
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to introduce mandatory national service for 18-year-olds (PA)
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Mandatory national service for 18-year-olds if Tories win election, Sunak vows

The Prime Minister said Britain has ‘generations of young people who have not had the opportunities they deserve’ as he announced the plans.
By Nina Lloyd
25 May 2024
Sir Keir Starmer denied there had been a watering down of the proposals (Jacob King/PA)
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Starmer defends New Deal ‘rebrand’ after union backlash

The party leader denied Labour is watering down policies on things like zero-hours contracts, parental leave and sick pay.
By Nina Lloyd
25 May 2024
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey is making the NHS a key plank of his party’s policies (Andrew Matthews/PA)
Politics

Lib Dems to launch battlebus with ‘save the NHS’ message in blue-wall seat

The UK’s fourth biggest party has put health and the environment at the heart of its agenda.
By Nina Lloyd
25 May 2024
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and the party’s candidate for Stafford Leigh Ingham campaign on the doorsteps (Jacob King/PA)
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Labour and Tories clash on economy as both hint at tax cuts

The Liberal Democrats, meanwhile, were continuing their trail across the South East on Saturday.
By Nina Lloyd
25 May 2024
Michael Gove has announced he will not be standing at the General Election (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
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‘Not unnatural’ for veteran Tories like Gove to be quitting, minister insists

It comes after the Housing Secretary cited the ‘toll’ of public office as he announced his decision to step down.
By Nina Lloyd
25 May 2024
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