Politics
SNP urge ‘Scottish National Service’ to vote against Rishi Sunak’s Tories
SNP candidate Richard Thomson made the plea after the Prime Minister announced plans for a new national service scheme for 18 year olds.
SNP to force vote on Palestine recognition if Sunak and Starmer ignore calls
The SNP leader has written to the opposition parties to demand they urgently recognise Palestine as an official state.
Sunak offers tax cut for pensioners in £2.4bn-a-year ‘triple lock plus’
The Prime Minister said the ‘bold action demonstrates we are on the side of pensioners’.
Leaked Conservative HQ memo criticised MPs and ministers’ ‘lack of effort’
Staff at CCHQ accused MPs of going on holiday, refusing to knock on doors and focusing on ministerial responsibilities rather than the election effort.
MP quits Tories to back Reform UK candidate
The outgoing MP for Telford backed the Reform UK candidate rather than her potential Tory successor.
Tory minister says he’ll be campaigning from Greece because Sunak told them they could book holidays
"The Prime Minister told everyone we could go on holiday and then called a snap election. So I've chosen to do my campaign work in Greece."
‘A teenage Dad’s Army!’ – Starmer cooks Sunak over National Service scheme
While facing some tough questions at a campaign event, Keir Starmer found time to ridicule Rishi Sunak for his National Service policy.
‘Silence on Brexit harms makes this is a dishonest election’ – Michael Heseltine
Michael Heseltine has savaged the Tories and Labour, as both parties appear to shy away from Brexit while on the campaign trail.
Government minister says some British Muslims do not support UK values
Anne-Marie Trevelyan said a ‘very small proportion’ of Muslims did not back British values but the majority were ‘peace-loving’.