Labour’s election manifesto has one word on the cover: Change. What does that mean and where’s the money to make it happen? Krishnan Guru-Murthy asks Labour’s Stella Creasy and the Green’s Sian Berry.
Who is being wooed this election and who is being ditched? Young people? Diane Abbott? Krishnan Guru-Murthy asks Labour’s Meg Hillier, Tory peer Jo Johnson and Lib Dem Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper.
Why did Rishi Sunak really call a snap general election? And can he defy the polls? Krishnan Guru-Murthy quizzes the Conservative’s Dehenna Davison, Labour’s Ben Bradshaw and pollster Luke Tryl.
A pledge card or a culture war? Krishnan Guru-Murthy discusses election strategies with Conservative Equalities Committee Chair Caroline Nokes and former Labour Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw.
As another Tory MP defects to Labour, former Conservative cabinet minister Justine Greening and the SNP’s Mhairi Black join Matt Frei and Gary Gibbon for the inside take on political break-ups.
The US House speaker Kevin McCarthy has called for a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden, claiming a committee has uncovered a “culture of corruption” around Mr Biden’s family, with allegations of abuse of power and obstruction.
Just minutes after the President of Gabon was declared the winner of the recent elections in the Central African country, members of the military declared that they’d seized control and annulled the poll.
At least 24 people have been killed in post-election violence in Kenya – the opposition claim that number is much higher.
Theresa May has been defending her record on security at a campaign event in Twickenham today – claiming she had excluded more hate preachers from the country as Home Secretary than ever before. But is the issue proving so important to voters – or are they still making decisions on the bedrock issues like health,…
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell says Labour will commit to the triple-lock guarantee to increase state pensions by at least 2.5%, until 2025, if it wins the next election.
Northern Ireland’s deputy first minister, Martin McGuinness has resigned his post, sparking a constitutional crisis which is likely to force new elections.
Alex Thomson
More insults raining down on the SNP tonight with the Labour hopeful in Glasgow South calling the party a “cult”. Curious for any person defending a 10,000+ “safe seat” to say that because it sounds like he feels threatened. He is, of course.
Gary Gibbon
If the exit poll is right, the Tories will have lost something like only 10 seats or so to Labour. And as the results come in we may find they may have pinched some off Labour.
Alex Thomson
What is billed as ‘life on the campaign trail’ is actually an antiseptic exercise in keeping our party leaders away from real voters.
If you’re 18 today, or before next Thursday, now’s your chance to make history. You could become youngest parliamentary candidate since 1832.