Rishi Sunak was blanked by unimpressed Year 7 students after he asked if they were “excited about” their upcoming maths exam. The prime minister visited John Whitgift Academy in Grimsby during a campaign visit to Humberside on Wednesday 12 June. “Who’s excited about the exam?” Mr Sunak asked, sitting downContinue Reading
The Conservative manifesto contains five “serious errors,” according to Labour. Rachel Reeves said her party has analysed its opposition’s costings and found five areas she is concerned about. The shadow chancellor accused the Tories of including “vague ambitions” in their pledges. At a rebuttal press conference on Tuesday, 11 June,Continue Reading
Polling experts have warned Rishi Sunak he is running out of time to woo voters with the first ballots set to be cast in the election within days. Postal votes will start landing on doorsteps early next week, the Electoral Commission has told The Independent. With one in five nowContinue Reading
Rishi Sunak complained the D-Day commemorations ‘ran over’ when he turned up late to the TV interview he skipped them for. The prime minister was condemned for failing to attend some of the events to mark the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy last week, so he couldContinue Reading
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
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