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Sunak’s £2k whopper makes international news
'The UK Prime Minister was just fact-checked by his own government', CNN reported in the US.
Labour accuses Rishi Sunak of threatening pensioners’ living standards
The party said the number of over- 65s paying income tax has almost doubled, from 4.5 million in 2009/10, to 8.5 million in 2023/24.
Elections are won from centre ground, Jeremy Hunt warns
The Chancellor said the Conservative Party will ‘always be a broad church’ which is ‘a good thing’.
Trade union’s legal challenge over Rwanda Act to be heard at High Court
The FDA previously said it was bringing legal action over the relationship between the Civil Service Code and the Act.
‘At least one in four children in poverty in two-thirds of constituencies’
Child poverty rates strongly correlated with the percentage of children affected by the two-child limit in that local area, researchers said.
Election campaigns paused as leaders come together to mark D-Day anniversary
Commemorations in Normandy will start at 7.25am, which is the exact moment the invasion began in 1944.
Former Labour candidate Faiza Shaheen to stand as Independent
Faiza Shaheen confirmed her plans to contest the seat of Chingford and Woodford Green on July 4.
Ukraine uses US weapons to strike inside Russia with Biden’s approval
The weapons were used under recently approved guidance from US President Joe Biden.
Tory chair Richard Holden’s Basildon selection angers local Conservatives
Holden was the sole candidate presented on what was expected to be a shortlist of three names for Basildon constituency candidates.