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Labour proposes to relieve pressure on prisons by unblocking planning process
The party said the prison estate is ‘bursting at the seams’ due to inaction and mismanagement by the Conservative Government.
8 Jun 2024
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Labour vows to level playing field for small businesses with overhaul of rates
The party is also pledging to accelerate the establishment of banking hubs and stamp out late payment of invoices.
8 Jun 2024
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Labour criticised for ‘U-turn’ abolishing the House of Lords
The party’s manifesto will include plans to introduce an age limit for peers and scrap new hereditary roles, the Times reports.
UK8 Jun 2024
Rishi Sunak vows to axe stamp duty for first-time buyers
The Conservatives have made a manifesto commitment to axe stamp duty for first-time buyers on homes up to £425,000, The Telegraph reported.
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Rishi Sunak vows to axe stamp duty for first-time buyers on homes up to £425,000
The commitment on stamp duty land tax comes before the Conservatives’ manifesto is revealed next week.
7 Jun 2024
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Liberal Democrats pledge to create three new national parks in England
The Chilterns in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire are listed as a possible location for the new parks, in addition to the Mendips and the Cotswolds.
7 Jun 2024
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Mordaunt and Rayner clash over tax, NHS waiting lists and net zero
Angela Rayner received applause from the audience after she said former prime minister Liz Truss ‘crashed’ the economy.
7 Jun 2024
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Tories’ promises to raise tax threshold for pensioners a joke, Labour says
During a visit to Essex, shadow pensions secretary Liz Kendall claimed the Conservatives have worsened the quality of retirement.
6 Jun 2024
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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.
6 Jun 2024
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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.
6 Jun 2024
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Green Party proposes ‘game-changing’ £50bn health and social care package
The package includes £30bn for the NHS, which will go towards increasing workers’ salaries and providing better access to GPs and NHS dentists.
6 Jun 2024
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Tories pledge to overhaul homicide laws, with tougher sentences for killers
The minimum sentence for murders that take place in the home would increase from 15 years to 25 years under the party’s proposals, The Times reports.
5 Jun 2024
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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’.
5 Jun 2024
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Green Party to review health policy after pledging to reduce caesarean sections
The party’s health policy described caesarean sections as ‘expensive and, when not medically required, risky’.
5 Jun 2024
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General Election campaigning takes back seat to D-Day commemorations
The leaders’ clashes on the economy, immigration and the NHS, which were brought to light during Tuesday’s head-to-head, will be put to one side.
5 Jun 2024
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Badenoch: BBC’s questioning of Liz Truss going on ‘far-right’ platform ‘trivial’
Responding to questions on Radio 4’s Today programme, Ms Badenoch said it is not for her to decide which shows Ms Truss goes on.
3 Jun 2024
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Former Conservative MP Aaron Bell not standing at General Election
Mr Bell, who has represented Newcastle-under-Lyme since December 2019, said his decision was due to ‘personal and family reasons’.
31 May 2024
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Green Party says it’s ‘on the up’ as it launches General Election campaign
Co-leader Adrian Ramsay said the party is offering ‘real hope and real change’ to voters.
30 May 2024
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Green Party to set out solutions to cost-of-living crisis, housing, and the NHS
Launching its General Election campaign from Bristol later, the party is expected to commit to ‘offering real hope and real change’.
30 May 2024
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Nigel Farage says he is open to a conversation with Conservative Party
Speaking to The Sun’s Never Mind the Ballots, Mr Farage accused the Tories of betraying voters on illegal immigration.
29 May 2024
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Labour to gain Welsh seats in General Election, polling suggests
Polling by More in Common also indicates a third of people agree that First Minister Vaughan Gething should resign over the donations scandal.
29 May 2024