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'A double agent in CCHQ?': Ruth Davidson fumes at humiliating Tory campaign

BARONESS Ruth Davidson has hit out at her party for their handling of the first few days of the General Election campaign, warning that candidates…

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Why the Conservative MPs standing down at this election are a huge electoral threat to Rishi Sunak

At the last count, 118 MPs have announced they will not contest July’s general election. The vast majority – more than 75 – are Conservatives (or former Conservatives who have been suspended from the party).

The Conversation

Infected blood victims to get interim payments of £210,000 within 90 days – as it happened

John Glen, Cabinet Office minister, tells Commons that those infected will be able to claim compensation as well as the estates of those who have died

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OPINION - Rishi Sunak, in last-ditch mode, is ready to go all guns blazing for Keir Starmer

The Conservative high command must surely have been reading campaign advice from the French commander at the First Battle of the Marne, who telegraphed in 1914: “Hard-pressed on my right, centre is yielding, impossible to manoeuvre. Situation excellent: am attacking.”

Evening Standard

Richard Tice: the donor turned politician who has bankrolled Reform

The party leader has often operated in Farage’s shadow, but is building a profile looking to outflank Sunak on the right

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves is right: this government is gaslighting us over the economy

Tories will crow about falling inflation and Britain’s waning recession. But the public sees the reality in its shopping basket, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Pharmacists accuse GPs in England of scuppering Pharmacy First scheme

National Pharmacy Association says some family doctors refusing to refer patients with minor ailments

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MP’s defection reflects ‘disillusionment’ of Tory voters, says Wes Streeting

Shadow health secretary said Dan Poulter’s defection showed he believed ‘only Labour can be trusted with the NHS’

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All Nato nations should match UK’s defence spending target, says Shapps

Defence secretary says PM will make case for spending boost at Nato’s 75th anniversary summit later this year

The Guardian - UK

Council of Europe human rights watchdog condemns UK’s Rwanda bill

Commissioner expresses grave concern after Rishi Sunak’s asylum policy passes parliamentary stages

The Guardian - UK

Sunak and his cabinet think one packed Rwanda flight will save them. It won’t

After last night’s vote, they want a ‘proof of concept’ journey to get the tawdry policy back on track. But it’s too flawed for that, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on disability, illness and work: there is no ‘sicknote culture’ in Britain

Editorial: Rishi Sunak’s latest plan to cut benefits was presented in misleading packaging

The Guardian - UK

Labour are ahead in the polls, but have they won hearts and minds? These charts suggest not

There are signs the party’s polling lead is a bit soft. But with the Tories trailing in leadership and economy, experts are not sure it will matter

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UK voters frustrated with politicians’ ‘desperate’ culture war tactics, survey finds

Poll shows voters are put off by such messages and are prepared to show their displeasure at the ballot box

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Logical step or overreach? Guardian readers share their views on Sunak’s smoking ban

While most who wrote in favoured some sort of action to reduce the damage caused by tobacco, some warned about the UK becoming a ‘nanny state’

Evening Standard

Conservative libertarians slammed as minister describes her regret at starting smoking aged 12 ahead of vote

Victims minister Laura Farris hits back after criticism by Liz Truss of Rishi Sunak’s legislation aiming to prevent anyone born after 2008 from buying tobacco

Evening Standard

Rwandan state airline 'turns down' UK proposal to transport asylum seekers

The airline was worried about ‘potential damage to their brand’, according to reports

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on A&E waiting times: a warning from emergency doctors

Editorial: Rishi Sunak promised speedier care, but specialists believe long waits for hospital beds are costing thousands of lives

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OPINION - Rishi Sunak is safe – so long as Tory plotters cannot agree on a unity candidate

Should Australia drop Mitchell Starc? It doesn't matter whether you hold strong views on the fast bowler's inability to take wickets with the old ball, or whether you've never heard of the bloke. The real question is this: would his replacement be better or worse?

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UK government overturns plans to phase out badger cull

‘Sunak now wants all the badgers dead,’ says ecological consultant Tom Langton

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Tory donor race row: return the money, end the relationship

Editorial: Prominent Conservatives have said a big backer’s comments were racist and sexist. It’s hard to disagree

Evening Standard

Lee Anderson defects to Reform after being suspended by Tories for 'Islamist' Sadiq Khan comments

The Ashfield MP was suspended by the Conservatives last month after refusing to apologise for claiming "Islamists" had "got control" of London Mayor Sadiq Khan

The Guardian - UK

Sunak and Hunt’s last stand? Our panel responds to the Tories’ spring budget

Will the tax cuts at the heart of the chancellor’s make-or-break budget give his party any hope?

Evening Standard

Budget 2024 LIVE: Chancellor has ‘national credit card maxed out’ amid 70-year high tax burden, Labour says

Sir Keir Starmer has rubbished Jeremy Hunt’s spring Budget as the “last desperate act” of the “failed” Conservatives as he says the UK is shouldering the highest tax burden in 70 years.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Record-low Tory poll explains why there (probably) won't be a May election

Cast your mind back – if you can – to September 1978. Jim Callaghan announced he would not call an early election (which he might have won), Pope John Paul I died after 33 days of papacy and the Commodores were number one with their hit, 'Three Times A Lady".

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