Prime minister says he intends to continue in parliament for next five years regardless of overall result on 4 July

Rishi sunak has been forced to try to get his party’s election campaign back on track as Farage openly taunts the Tories

Sources say contenders jostling for support amid fears of historic wipeout in election

Former PM endorsed Sir Simon Clarke who tried to depose Mr sunak earlier this year, warning the Tories faced electoral ‘massacre’ if he stayed

Exclusive: The prime minister sent a Downing Street staffer on the hunt in London for an ink-stamp in the shape of the word ‘stopped’ before slapping it on examples of visa applicants he was barring from Britain

Like the characters in Ripley and Saltburn, the perfectly well-to-do PM longs to be even better-to-do, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Labour has asked what role Craig Williams played in election date discussions and when party knew about bet

Speaking at the G7 summit in Italy the PM said there was plenty of time for a ‘comeback’ for the Tories

Nigel Farage taunted Rishi sunak by channelling a song from rapper Eminem. Sitting in the back of his car, the beaming Reform UK leader was seen listening to the US singer’s 2002 track “Without Me” before repeating the lyrics “Guess who’s b ...

Shadow health secretary says Conservative economic failures mean Labour has few appealing options

They may well like the game, but as an England fan, I don’t want my big Euros summer sullied by performative politics, says the writer Joel Golby

Prime minister issues warning after Nigel Farage’s Reform UK overtakes Tories in a poll for first time

Nigel Farage declared Reform to be the opposition to Labour as the seven leaders debated in the second live TV debate ahead of the general election

 

Giorgia Meloni appears to recoil from UK PM, who has no formal bilateral meetings with other G7 leaders on day one

Craig Williams’s £100 bet prompted an inquiry by the Gambling Commission and fury within the Conservative party

Quiet, unshowy Ravinder Athwal joined Labour in 2020 from the Treasury, where he worked under Rishi sunak

Our community feel both major parties lack transparency and that their leaders failed to provide concrete plans for the future when probed by Beth Rigby and the audience in Grimsby

When even Angela Rayner remains relentlessly on message, you know the election is in the bag / Things can only get betting – for Labour

Dawn Butler has released a video of herself rapping to mark the three-week countdown to the general election. The Labour candidate, battling for the Brent East seat, shared a clip of herself singing over a remixed version of “21 Seconds” by So So ...