Supermajorities and sour milk – take our UK general election quiz The Guardian’s supermassive 2024 general election campaign quiz. How will you fare? The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2024
Exciting, unpredictable and unique: what it’s like to cover the UK election on TV The deputy political editor of ITV News has reported on six elections but 4 July will potentially be the most significant The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2024
OPINION - The Standard View: Betting scandal is a threat to more than just the Tories Public confidence in our political system has reached record lows. As many as 58 per cent say they “almost never” trust “politicians of any party in Britain to tell the truth when they are in a tight corner”, up 19 points from 2020, according to the National Centre for Social… Evening Standard · Jun 21, 2024
Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell and Diane Abbott among dozen of Leftwingers standing in London at election Ex-Labour leader Mr Corbyn is close to pulling off a shock win in Islington North, according to a poll Evening Standard · Jun 21, 2024
Jeremy Corbyn: Keir Starmer will win on an anti-Tory vote, not a pro-Labour one Jeremy Corbyn tells the Standard Keir Starmer should admit he helped write his manifestos, he still talks to Angela Rayner, and what he wishes he’d done differently as Labour leader Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2024
Labour tried to gag Black lawyer who wrote party’s own racism report Exclusive: Martin Forde KC says people will see letter from party responding to his criticisms as a ‘collateral attack on a Black professional’ The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2024
Could Labour’s ‘left-wing cull’ come back to haunt the party at the general election? Keir Starmer has changed Labour, he says, but has the leader gone too far? Albert Toth speaks to Jeremy Corbyn, Green co-leader Carla Denyer and more about the ballot box rebellion the party could face on July 4 The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2024
Rishi Sunak says Tories will not give Frank Hester his money back PM says donor is ‘genuinely contrite’ as phone-in caller challenges him over businessman’s remarks about Diane Abbott The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2024
Rishi Sunak dubbed ‘pound shop Farage’ during hour-long LBC mauling The prime minister faced a grilling from callers furious at the Conservatives’ 14-year record on the state of the NHS and housing - as well as the party’s decision to accept millions from controversial donor Frank Hester The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2024
Campaign catchup: Farage’s dodgy sums, tactical voting, and a Lib Dem showpony In today’s newsletter: The rightwing party launched its manifesto today – but does any of it add up? The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2024
Is the UK’s left-wing Labour Party on a ‘rightward’ path in election race? Labour’s leader Keir Starmer has been accused of purging left-wing members of his party ahead of the general election. Al Jazeera · Jun 11, 2024
Revealed: voters mostly unfazed by Starmer’s Diane Abbott row Exclusive polling: Labour’s treatment of Diane Abbott made ‘no difference’ to 8 in 10 voters The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2024
‘It’s not a game for us’: aboard the Labour battle bus with Angela Rayner The party’s deputy leader, putting tax furore behind her, is taking her fighting spirit on a 5,000-mile campaign tour, armed with a fridge and a Liz Truss-lookalike lettuce The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024
Rishi Sunak urged to give £5m from Tory donor at centre of racism row to veterans’ charity after D Day snub Call from the Liberal Democrats comes after Frank Hester allegedly told colleagues that looking at veteran Labour MP Diane Abbott makes you ‘want to hate all Black women’ and that she ‘should be shot’ The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2024 Labour urges Tories not to hand out leaflets it says Frank Hester has paid for Rishi Sunak under pressure to give up money from party’s biggest donor after further allegations of racist behaviour
The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2024 Don’t underestimate Starmer’s push for workers’ rights – it could be his defining legacy For the first time in decades, and with public support, dignity and fairness in the workplace are back on the political agenda, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2024 Tories defend accepting cash from donor days after 'racist' comments about Diane Abbott emerged The Conservatives on Friday defended accepting a further donation from businessman Frank Hester two days after it emerged that he had made “racist and wrong” comments about Diane Abbott.
The National (Scotland) · Jun 6, 2024 Fresh Frank Hester 'racism' claims put pressure on Tories over donations THE Conservative Party is facing questions over its decision to keep more than £15m given by its biggest ever donor, Frank Hester, after former…
The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2024 Campaign catchup: Hester allegations, Labour tax plans, dodgy D-day branding In today’s newsletter: Tory donor Frank Hester returns to the headlines – and Rachel Reeves is under pressure to raise capital gains tax
The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2024 New Frank Hester race claims pile pressure on Tories over £15m donations Exclusive: Hester allegedly used term ‘token Muslim’, imitated people of Chinese descent and said a person was attractive for a black woman
The National (Scotland) · Jun 6, 2024 Tories accept £5 million from donor who said Diane Abbott 'should be shot' THE Conservative Party have accepted another £5 million from Frank Hester, the businessman accused of saying Labour’s Diane Abbott “should…
Evening Standard · Jun 6, 2024 General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP in...Hackney North and Stoke Newington? Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election
Evening Standard · Jun 6, 2024 Rishi Sunak engulfed in new row over £5m donation from tycoon who made 'racist remark' about Diane Abbott Labour open a further attack on PM’s ‘integrity’ after tax row, but Tories say they are keeping the money
The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2024 Frank Hester donated further £5m to Tories in January, figures show Data also shows party accepted £150,000 from Hester days after comments about Diane Abbott were revealed
The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2024 Sunak kept quiet about £5m donation made by race row Tory donor Frank Hester this year The prime minister accepted the donation in January, taking Frank Hester’s donations to the Conservative Party to a total of £16m since the 2019 election