UK politics
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has accused the Conservatives of acting like his former boss Jeremy Corbyn with their manifesto. Speaking ahead of Rishi Sunak launching his party’s policy platform, Sir Keir told broadcasters all his own plans are fully costed and funded – and there will be no rises in income tax, national insurance…
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Transport Secretary Mark Harper made comments about Rishi Sunak’s decision to leave D-Day events early on Thursday. He repeats that it was right for Rishi Sunak to apologise for his premature departure from Normandy – and that it was a mistake for him to exit in such a fashion. Asked if this is the moment…
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Outgoing Tory MP and minister of many things Michael Gove has just stuck his head in the door to take a look at the journalists beavering away. So is he ready to spin yet? “There will be no spin,” he tells the reporters. “Only the truth”. I ask how Rishi Sunak is feeling with under…
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The next guest on tonight’s edition of Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge is Christine Jardine, the Lib Dem Cabinet Office spokesperson. Asked who she thinks is going to win tonight’s debate, she replies that “the biggest danger tonight is that the public doesn’t really like anything that they see”. She says people want something “different” from what…
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Jon Craig: Sunak has really got to take the gloves off and come out fighting First on tonight’s edition of Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge, we are hearing from our chief political correspondent Jon Craig, who is in the “spin room” at the location of tonight’s TV debate. He tells reporters that the room is “filling up…
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Rishi Sunak has said he will introduce a new form of mandatory National Service for young people if the Conservatives win the general election. In the first new policy announcement of the campaign, the prime minister has unveiled a plan that would see 18-year-olds given the choice of a full-time military placement for 12 months or a…
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Incumbent Tory mayor Andy Street is fighting to retain the West Midlands mayoralty, and we had been expecting a result around about now. But there is a delay, and we understand that is due to bundle recounts under way. When votes are counted, they are divided into bundles for each candidate, with a pre-determined number…
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It’s been a tough week so far for Labour, with two of its parliamentary candidates accused of anti-Israel remarks in as many days. On Monday, Labour withdrew support for its candidate in the Rochdale by-election after “new information” emerged about comments he is alleged to have made. A report in the Daily Mail claimed that Azhar…
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Next with Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove, we turn to Rishi Sunak’s five priorities to know if he (Gove) wishes the PM had never tied the government to them. Mr Gove replies definitively “no”, and says it’s “important to draw a distinction between ourselves and the opposition”. He says Labour “don’t have a plan”, and…
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As Rishi Sunak prepares to face down the rebels in his party proposing amendments to his “toughest ever” Rwanda legislation, his predecessor but one has come out of the woodwork to add fuel to the fire. In the last few minutes, Boris Johnson has announced his support for amendments proposed by right-wingers in the party…
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AN OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT POSITION AND DEBATES ON BREXIT The word “Brexit” is an acronym for “Britain” and “exit.” It refers to UK’s secession plan from the European Union (EU). Prior to 1992, when EU launched a single market—which remains its greatest achievement and main objective—most EU countries were signatories to a free trade…
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Britain’s new political landscape began to take shape Monday as triumphant Prime Minister Boris Johnson talked trade with President Donald Trump and gave a pep talk to his new Conservative Party lawmakers. The incoming class of new Conservative legislators was so big — 109 lawmakers — that organizers had to procure an extra 50 bottles…
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