UK general election 2024 explained in maps and charts Britons will head to the polls on July 4. Here’s what you need to know about the parties, leaders, and key issues. Al Jazeera · Jul 1, 2024
'Nonsense': Gordon Brown says Labour will 'turn the tide' on child poverty GORDON Brown has claimed that a Labour government would “turn the tide” on child poverty despite his party’s refusal to scrap the two-child… The National (Scotland) · Jun 29, 2024
The 2024 battle bus map: where are Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer visiting and what does it tell us? One of the most important decisions party leaders have to make in an election campaign is where they want to visit. Their strategists will put together an itinerary of trips to schools, businesses, and community centres around the country. The Conversation · Jun 28, 2024
If Rachel Reeves hikes capital gains tax, she’ll be more in line with Nigel Lawson than Gordon Brown With Labour heavily predicted to win the upcoming UK election, there has been much talk about future tax plans. The Conversation · Jun 28, 2024
Starmer’s Labour has one vital strength: a shadow cabinet with real government experience An incoming Labour cabinet would have the advantage of not having to learn on the job, says political economist Andrew Hindmoor The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2024
Labour to add dozens of peers to back its policies and improve gender balance Exclusive: Party has pledged to abolish House of Lords but plans initial appointments to bolster its benches The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2024
‘You asked me questions I’ve never asked myself’: Keir Starmer’s most personal interview yet There are 12 days to go until the general election and the Labour leader is closing in on power. But who exactly is the man hoping to run Britain? The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 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
Children in UK getting shorter due to malnutrition in ‘national embarrassment’ The height of children aged 5 has been declining since 2013 while Jamie Oliver, Gordon Brown and Leon co-founder Henry Dimbleby all call for next prime minister to ‘turn the tide on obesity’ The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2024
Who is Ed Miliband? Former Labour leader on bad memories and Labour election hopes Ed Miliband is standing for re-election in Doncaster North and has high hopes for Labour’s chances next month Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2024
Campaigners hope Labour will scrap two-child benefit cap once in No 10 Manifesto has no pledge to reverse rule Angela Rayner has said is ‘inhumane’ but there have been hints at more to come The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2024
The election is farcical and frustrating, but deeply significant – under Labour things really could get better Everywhere I go in Britain, people are exhausted. But there’s good reason to believe a Labour government would bring unseen possibilities, says Guardian columnist John Harris The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2024
Alan Bates, Tracey Emin and Gordon Brown among those recognised in King's Birthday Honours list The Crown actress Imelda Staunton and The Thick Of It creator Armando Iannucci were also recognised Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2024
Post Office campaigner Alan Bates knighted in king’s birthday honours Ex-post office operator recognised for exposing Horizon IT scandal, while Tracey Emin becomes a dame and Gordon Brown a companion of honour The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2024
The National (Scotland) · Jun 14, 2024 First Minister congratulates Scots on King's Honours list JOHN Swinney has congratulated all Scots who have received an award in the King’s Birthday Honours list.
The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2024 Alan Bates, Gordon Brown and Tracey Emin lead King’s birthday honours as more than 1,000 recognised Famous faces among people across UK recognised for outstanding contribution to community and country
The National (Scotland) · Jun 14, 2024 Gordon Brown accepts highest award on King's Honours list FORMER prime minister Gordon Brown has been named on the King’s Birthday Honours list...
Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2024 OPINION - If you knew Keir Starmer's father was a toolmaker, this newsletter is for you Sadiq Khan and Sajid Javid's fathers: bus drivers. Theresa May and Gordon Brown's: clergymen. John Major's: a music hall performer. If you knew any of these, congratulations, you are a deeply weird person. In fact, even if you didn't, you are still a little strange because you subscribe to a…
The Conversation · Jun 13, 2024 Labour plans House of Lords age limit and immediate end to hereditary peers – constitutional reform proposals explained The Labour party has committed to immediately legislating to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords if elected to government. It will also impose retirement on members of the House of Lords at the age of 80.
The National (Scotland) · Jun 13, 2024 Gordon Brown set for top honour in King's birthday list, reports say GORDON Brown and three Tory MPs are set to receive honours in the King’s birthday honours list, according to reports ...
The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2024 Unions vow to ‘hold Labour’s feet to the fire’ over manifesto’s workers rights pledge The Labour leader set out his party’s manifesto on Thursday, including the promise to introduce a ‘new deal for working people’ in under 100 days
The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2024 Campaign catchup: A rabbit-free manifesto, a So Solid revival, and David Cameron’s mum In today’s newsletter: Why Labour is making a virtue of a policy programme bereft of new ideas
The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2024 How do you know the Tories are finished? There’s not a single person left to defend their record This stretch of Conservative rule has been so destructive that even allies have called it ‘the worst government ever’, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
The National (Scotland) · Jun 11, 2024 Labour could grab a win in this seat if the indy vote spits IT’S fair to say that Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath – which has just had its name reversed to become Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy – has been on quite…
The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2024 The woman who led Labour: Margaret Beckett on fights, friends and ferocious change in 50 years of politics She is quitting the Commons with no regrets. The UK’s first female foreign secretary discusses chauvinism, Corbyn, contempt for politicians – and her worst period in office