From national insurance to migration: Key takeaways from Conservatives general election manifesto Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak suffered a fresh campaign blow hours after launching the Tories’s election manifesto – withContinue Reading
Brexit and culture war issues are driving a firmer wedge between Labour and Tory voters, analysis by leading pollster Professor John Curtice has found. Immediately after the Brexit referendum, Leave voters were more than twice as likely than Remain voters to say they were Conservative. But this has now grownContinue Reading
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party is just a point behind the Tories, a new poll released after Rishi Sunak’s manifesto launch shows. The survey, by YouGov, puts Labour on 38 per cent, with the Tories on 18 per cent, Reform on 17, Lib Dems on 15 and the Greens onContinue Reading
Rishi Sunak has made a last-ditch appeal to voters with tax cuts as he seeks to turn the tide of his disastrous election campaign. The prime minister pledged to cut national insurance by 2p, and scrap it entirely within five years for the self-employed, as he unveiled the Conservative manifestoContinue Reading
The Prime Minister vowed to lop a further 2p off the main rate by 2027. In a surprise announcement, he also promised to completely abolish the main rate of self-employed national insurance to reward “risk takers” who set up their own businesses. The tax-cutting package, which also includes changes toContinue Reading
– Rutland (Unitary authority): £2,175.41 5.14%– Gateshead (Metropolitan borough): £2,174.00 4.99%– Northumberland (Unitary authority): £2,173.47 4.55%– Nottingham (Unitary authority): £2,155.33 4.99%– Dorset (Unitary authority): £2,123.10 4.96%– Bristol (Unitary authority): £2,095.69 4.99%– Walsall (Metropolitan borough): £2,084.55 4.99%– Cornwall (Unitary authority): £2,068.04 5.52%– Liverpool (Metropolitan borough): £2,045.17 4.99%– Durham (Unitary authority): £2,044.83Continue Reading
Kwasi Kwarteng’s Surrey seat was a relatively safe one PA The 48-year-old, who represents Spelthorne in Surrey, told his constituency association this week he would not run in the next general election. The former chancellor served a short-lived tenure in the role under Liz Truss and confirmed his upcoming departure onContinue Reading
Thirteen candidates have already declared an interest in running, and more are expected to throw their hats into the ring in the coming weeks SADIQ KHAN (Labour) Seeking a historic third term. Announced that his free school meal programme will continue for another year if re-elected. Tight-lipped on the restContinue Reading
Thirteen candidates have already declared an interest in running, and more are expected to throw their hats into the ring in the coming weeks SADIQ KHAN (Labour) Seeking a historic third term. Announced that his free school meal programme will continue for another year if re-elected. Tight-lipped on the restContinue Reading
Lewis Goodall | Global Lewis Goodall | Global When is the election most likely to be? November 14 or 21. I’ve always thought the chances of a spring election were being massively overplayed. The fundamentals haven’t changed. The Conservatives remain around 20 points behind in the polls and that hasn’tContinue Reading
