On Canvey Island in Essex, I found hard-up, demoralised voters taking refuge in rightwing half-truths, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Millions of voters in Britain are going to the polls Thursday to choose a new House of Commons and a new government

Rishi sunak confidently answered a question about the price of bread ahead of the general election, but was unsure how much it has risen over the last five years. The question, posed to him on BBC Breakfast on Tuesday morning (2 July), is a tactic us ...

 

When pressed, the prime minister only said ‘my priority is focused on this election’

Rishi sunak accused of failing to tackle threat from Reform while candidates complain of lack of support from CCHQ

Rishi sunak insists he has not given up, with final 48-hour push for votes to ‘stop a Labour supermajority’ – as leading pollster argues polls have been wrong

Exclusive: shadow energy security secretary vows to fill ‘vacuum’ left by Rishi sunak’s U-turn on net zero

Frequent Tory missteps have stopped any momentum from building as Prime Minister fails to close Labour’s poll lead

In the final days of the election campaign, the Tory leader still believes he can remain in Downing Street

The general election may be three days away, but for some Tory candidates it is merely the staging post for the competition they are really focused on: their party leadership contest

Exclusive: Calls for post-Brexit ‘wine tax’ to be ditched, as the prime minister uses his election campaign to accuse Labour of planning new levies

Exclusive: Calls for post-Brexit ‘wine tax’ to be ditched - as the prime minister uses his election campaign to accuse Labour of planning new levies

The United Kingdom will hold its first national election in almost five years on Thursday, with opinion polls suggesting that Prime Minister Rishi sunak’s Conservative Party will be punished for failing to deliver on promises made during 14 years i ...

After 14 years of Tory rule, the British Army has lost 23 regiments, with the number of units at its lowest level since 2010, The Independent can reveal

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

 

The PM’s vision of a Britain where only hard work matters blinded him to the realities of race, class – and his own flawed project, writes Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Party leaders have just four days to go to secure votes before looming 4 July deadline

Tories make last-ditch attempt to persuade their voters to turn out for Thursday’s election