Sir Keir Starmer said a ‘closer relationship’ was needed with the EU as he took part in the campaign trail in Hertfordshire

Conscription scheme shows sunak does not understand level of danger facing Britain – or the help the military needs to prepare for it, says Admiral Lord West

Shadow health secretary jokes Labour leader should take on sunak in football challenge but says he is ‘disgusted’ by name-calling

 

Big beasts have stepped down, a sitting MP has endorsed a Reform UK candidate and the PM has already had to have a campaign reset. Peter Walker reports

Conservatives’ policy would be funded by scrapping ‘rip-off degrees’ with high drop-out rates and low job progression

Rishi sunak is so palpably convinced he can’t win he’s promising any old mad thing. Meanwhile, the Lib Dems are falling off kayaks

Which party has had the better of the first exchanges on the new social media election battleground?

Have your say: In his first major policy proposal since the general election was announced the prime minister insisted his plans for mandatory national service would help unite society

Prime minister makes comment after decision by Northern Ireland minister to go ahead with Greek holiday

Rachel Reeves recalled how her mother's attitude to finances has inspired her economic policies in a major general election campaign speech on Tuesday, 28 May. The shadow chancellor described how her mother would sit at the kitchen table "c ...

Rishi sunak says the pledge will prevent millions of pensioners from paying more tax

Plans announced in recent days include mandatory national service and a ‘triple lock plus’ for pensioners

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