Home secretary tells BBC that Labour is ‘willing to distort the British political system’ as Rishi Sunak campaigns in Staffordshire

The Guardian’s Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey look ahead to the final week of campaigning before the election

Biden and Trump squared-off at a CNN-moderated debate this week

Exclusive: Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler also contributes drawing encouraging young people to vote

Prime minister reiterates stance that Britain’s economic problems are the result of Covid and war in Ukraine

It was a bad day all round for TV election interviews and Sunak’s abrasive chat with Kuenssberg will not win points

Media reporting on the campaign is overwhelmingly dominated by men, say researchers

Tory leader is 20 points behind in the polls, amids rows over a D-Day snub and a gambling scandal - but says he will be PM on Friday despite admitting Brexit is bad for many businesses

Most UK children have their own smartphone by the age of 11. But what if we didn’t give them one? A group of parents wants their kids to enjoy a phone-free childhood – and their numbers are growing

Sky News presenter Trevor Phillips spoke of the need to protect his children from racism as he issued a defiant message in the Reform racism row. In a week that saw one campaigner refer to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as a “f****** p***” and ...

Prime minister appearing on BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as campaign reaches its final days

A Conservative campaign video mocks Angela Rayner for wanting a European model of employment. But it’s just what British workers need

From his London HQ, Pat McFadden talks about his party’s nothing-left-to-chance preparations, Nigel Farage showing his true colours, and ‘fending off Tory nonsense’

Labour secures star-studded endorsements as they look to the last week of the campaign, including from Sir Elton John

Rishi Sunak goes soggy and Keir Starmer is short of change, but at least Steve Baker and Ed Davey are having fun

Security minister Tom Tugendhat has hit out at a “pattern of racist and misogynistic views” within Reform UK. campaigners for Nigel Farage’s party Reform UK in the Clacton seat in Essex he hopes to win were recorded by an undercover jo ...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was met by laughter from veterans during an Armed Forces Day visit on Saturday (29 June). The Conservative leader, who was recently criticised for leaving a D-Day event early, listened to stories from the veterans on a camp ...

Despite a near-13,000 majority, Johnny Mercer and his team of canvassers are putting in the miles in Plymouth ahead of the 4 July election, reports Alex Ross from the campaign trail

Rishi Sunak‘s team asked for a hustings to be arranged in his own constituency and then pulled out as he tries to make sure he saves his own seat

Angela Richardson accuses campaigners against polluted water of putting Conservative MPs in danger