Watch live as Rishi sunak continues his general election campaign in the West Midlands on Tuesday, 28 May, after announcing a £2.4 billion tax break to help secure the support of pensioners as he battles to remain in No 10.

As Rishi sunak faces an exodus of 76 Conservative MPs at the election, Labour welcomed the support of 121 business leaders

Parents will not face sanctions if their teenager fails to complete a form of compulsory national service, a Tory minister has said. The policy would see see 18-year-olds forced to either sign up to the military or cyber defence force or undertake co ...

Labour would not commit to a similar policy to the Conservatives’ “triple lock plus”, shadow business minister Jonathan Reynolds has said. Rishi sunak has promised to increase the income tax personal allowance for pensioners, giving th ...

It comes as Labour was accused of watering down its commitments to workers’ rights

Labour reiterates claims that pensions will have to be cut to fund Tory idea to scrap national insurance

The Tories say they would change tax rules

 

Election material seen so far suggests candidates are using local images and non-blue, neutral branding

The prime minister is desperately trying to woo the ‘grey vote’ back to his party

Prime minister campaigns in Buckinghamshire as his military service plan is criticised and MP defects to Reform

Exclusive: With the general election turning into a ‘presidential’ contest between sunak and Starmer, polling suggests the Labour leader will win easily with voters

Exclusive: Labour has hit out at the Tories’ first major election donor for previously supporting Liz Truss’s disastrous mini budget

All the mishaps, unforced errors, pratfalls – they only make sense if we assume the prime minister has a secret and unspoken plan up his sleeve, writes Zoe Williams

The prime minister has responded to jibes about him leaving the country with a vow to stay in Britain after the election - win or lose

After 14 years of youth bashing, the Tories’ plan to ‘toughen up’ British teenagers might be just what it takes to bring them all out to vote, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Conservative campaign pledge was dreamed up by advisers and sprung on candidates, says Steve Baker

As ministers have a public spat over Rishi sunak’s National Service plan, Boris Johnson ally Lord Zac Goldsmith has claimed that Tory MPs’ ‘complicity’ is to blame for the election chaos

Exclusive: Details are emerging of the final cabinet meeting when Rishi sunak told his top team he had called a snap election

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer dismissed Rishi sunak’s national service plan as a “teenage Dad’s Army”. Mr sunak has vowed to bring the controversial National Service scheme for 18-year-olds if he wins the general election. Giving ...