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Sir Keir Starmer accused the Welsh Conservatives of playing political games by tabling a no confidence motion in Welsh First Minister Vaughan Gething (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
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Starmer backs scandal-hit Gething on campaign trip to Wales

Sir Keir Starmer said he looked forward to ‘a new partnership’ with the Welsh First Minister, who faces a no-confidence vote.
30 May 2024
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Starmer to campaign in Wales alongside embattled First Minister Gething

The Labour leader is to launch his party’s ‘doorstep offer’ for Welsh voters.

29 May 2024
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Labour has 'no plans' to reverse foreign health worker dependants ban

The shadow health and care secretary says the NHS has become too reliant on overseas staff

29 May 2024
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Business News

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.

28 May 2024
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said she was a ‘social democrat’ when asked if she was a socialist (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
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Reeves says she is ‘social democrat’ after Starmer declares himself ‘socialist’

The shadow chancellor said ‘fixating on labels’ was less important than looking at policy.
28 May 2024
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to make her first speech of the General Election campaign (Yui Mok/PA)
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Labour will bring back growth, Reeves to tell businesses

Rachel Reeves will say a Labour government will be both pro-worker and pro-business in her first speech of the election campaign.
28 May 2024
Sir Keir Starmer said he would describe himself as a ‘socialist’ and a ‘progressive’ (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
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‘I’m a socialist’ says Starmer, as he defends rowing back on 2020 pledges

The Labour leader said he would not pretend he could deliver things he knew were not possible.
27 May 2024
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Labour leader hits back at ‘Sir Sleepy’ jibes

Sir Keir Starmer said claims he lacked the stamina for an election campaign were ‘desperate’

27 May 2024
Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike where displaced people were staying in Rafah (Jehad Alshrafi/AP/PA)
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Starmer urges Netanyahu to halt attacks on Rafah

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the scenes from the southern Gaza city were ‘horrifying’.
27 May 2024
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking to students and teachers including Jennifer Hughes during a visit to Cannock College (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
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Nursery owner says she might vote Labour after speaking to Sunak

A nursery owner told the PA news agency that she had not been satisfied after questioning the Prime Minister on support for childcare providers.
24 May 2024
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told journalists he was ‘pumped up’ during his whirlwind tour of the UK (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
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Rishi Sunak ‘pumped up’ after whirlwind UK tour

The Prime Minister declined to be drawn on the contents of the Tory manifesto but said he remained committed to the smoking ban.
24 May 2024
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Rishi Sunak scores own goal with football gaffe on campaign trail

The Prime Minister made a Euros blunder while speaking to workers at a South Wales brewery

23 May 2024
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‘Stop the chaos and vote for change’, says Starmer as campaign begins

Sir Keir Starmer said a Labour government would provide stability, adding that nothing would change if the Tories were re-elected

22 May 2024
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Johnson urges public to vote Conservative after election announcement

It remains uncertain whether Boris Johnson will join his successor on the campaign trail before July 4.

22 May 2024
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IT glitch let 67 couples divorce before legally allowed

Judges consider how to resolve issue after ‘technical fault’ in new system

21 May 2024
Michael Gove said pro-Palestine protesters needed to find ‘a far better way’ of making their point (Lucy North/PA)
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‘Other dominoes will fall’ if Israel undermined, says Gove

Michael Gove suggested pro-Palestine marches had enabled antisemitism and threatened the West’s security.
21 May 2024
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Arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas chiefs will not help – No10

A panel of three judges will decide whether to grant the ICC chief prosecutor’s application for arrest warrants relating to the Gaza conflict.

20 May 2024
The Bank of England has become a bugbear for Conservative MPs in recent years (Yui Mok/PA)
Business News

Tory MPs demand review of Bank of England independence

A group of 44 Tory MPs have criticised the Bank’s handling of inflation and quantitative tightening, saying it has cost taxpayers thousands.
20 May 2024
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Peer set to be banned from Parliament’s bars for year after outburst

Lord Kulveer Ranger, ennobled in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours, apologised for his behaviour, saying he was ‘deeply mortified’.

17 May 2024
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UK aid arrives in Gaza as pier begins operations

The Prime Minister said the delivery was ‘the culmination of a herculean joint international effort’.

17 May 2024
Universities have warned that falling international student numbers could cause financial problems for institutions. (Chris Radburn/PA)
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Chancellor suggests ‘sustainable rise’ in foreign students would be welcome

Ministers have come under pressure to cut international student numbers as part of efforts to reduce net immigration.
17 May 2024