Rishi Sunak is on the verge of leading the Conservative Party to the worst defeat in its 346-year history, according to a new poll for The Independent. The Techne UK survey of 5,503 voters has given Labour a 19-point lead at 40 per cent – almost twice the Tories’ 21Continue Reading
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Parties have begun a 48-hour blitz in constituencies across the country as they make their final appeals to voters ahead of polling day. Rishi Sunak began Tuesday visitingContinue Reading
With the July 4 general election nearly just days away, all major parties have released their manifestos setting out their vision for the country’s future. The policies within these documents explain what each party would aim to achieve during their time in power, should they successfully secure a parliamentary majority.Continue Reading
Millions of voters in Britain are going to the polls Thursday to choose a new House of Commons and a new government. Voters will elect 650 lawmakers representing as many constituencies, or local areas, and the leader of the party that returns the most lawmakers will become prime minister. PrimeContinue Reading
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak won’t confirm whether he will quit as Conservative Party leader if the Tories lose the general election. Pressed on whether he would remain Tory leader, MrContinue Reading
A new study has found that posts from 10 “bot-like” X accounts spreading disinformation and hate have been viewed more than 150 million times ahead of the UK General Election. The accounts in question have shared more than 60,000 posts on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, since May 22,Continue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer became visibly emotional as he opened up about his one regret in life. The Labour leader opened up about his strained relationship with his father during an interview with Chris Evans on Virgin Radio on Monday (1 July). Describing his father as a “complicated” man, Sir KeirContinue Reading
The Independent is giving readers the chance to chat directly with candidates from some of the major political parties in a special general election series of Ask Me Anything events. In this question and answer session, our community can chat exclusively with Reform UK’s Howard Cox, who is hoping toContinue Reading
It would be cheaper to put asylum seekers up in the Ritz hotel in Paris than the government’s Rwanda scheme, Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth has claimed. Speaking to Sky News on Monday, 1 July, the shadow paymaster general criticised the cost of Conservatives’ plans to send asylum seekers to the AfricanContinue Reading
James Cleverly has accused festival-goers of “celebrating the loss of life in the Channel” after a Banksy stunt at Glastonbury. The home secretary attacked the artist and revellers at the festival, claiming they were “joking about and celebrating” small boat migration. “People die in the Mediterranean, people die in theContinue Reading
