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Sunak insists he has not given up on young voters amid pensioner tax breaks
The Prime Minister has proposed mandatory national service for 18-year-olds.
Laura Kuenssberg tipped to host BBC election coverage
David Dimbleby, Victoria Derbyshire and Jeremy Vine are also in the running.
Labour’s plans require no more tax rises, Reeves says
The shadow chancellor said Labour’s manifesto would ‘bear the imprint’ of engagement with businesses.
Europe could be doing a ‘hell of a lot more’ to reach ceasefire in Gaza
Simon Harris made the comments on the day that Ireland is to formally recognise a Palestinian state in a joint move with Norway and Spain.
Former prison officer shares harrowing reality of what overcrowding means for inmates and staff
Overcrowding in prisons doesn’t just mean we can’t let anyone else in - it means we have nothing to offer those already there.
Food bank-bound couple say they’ll be voting Tories at election
"They've helped us more than anybody"
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’.