Browsing: General election 2024

Wednesday’s front pages continue to be dominated by the latest from the UK political campaigns, ahead of July’s general election. 

Elsewhere, several of the papers feature images of royals attending Ascot – but otherwise the news is fairly politically focused.  

The back pages cover the European Championship, the latest from Kylian Mbappe nose injury, the latest from the England camp and a look ahead to Scotland’s Wednesday match.

Labour is already dominating the online general election campaign But Independents will play a major role Starmer’s party was quicker…

General election 2024 news: Starmer dodges questions about Diane Abbot and makes gag about Boris ‘hiding in fridge’ on a day of protests in London.

You cannot trust Labour You cannot trust Labour is the statement ringing around the country and echoed by the Independent…

Hunt challenged over consecutive Tory VAT increases | News Jeremy Hunt was confronted over the Conservatives’ increases to VAT over…

Tory fury as Sunak allies ‘parachuted’ into winnable seats Rishi Sunak’s allies have been accused of “operating a chumocracy” in…

Ex-Labour candidate Faiza Shaheen says she faced campaign of’ racism, Islamophobia and bullying’ from inside party A left-wing candidate dropped…

Labour says GB Energy will fix cost-of-living crisis with clean power Labour is pledging it will get working within months…

Reform UK leader Richard Tice accuses cash-only barber shops of money laundering Nigel Farage and Richard Tice took aim at…

Tories taunt Keir Starmer over Diane Abbott fiasco Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has ruthlessly seized on the chaos in the Labour…

Diane Abbott: Timeline of her suspension from racism comments to Labour ‘election ban’ The Labour party has become embroiled in…

Worker pulls faces as Rishi Sunak gives election speech in Devon A worker was caught on camera pulling faces as…

Jon Stewart calls rejection of UK candidate for liking one of his sketches ‘dumbest thing since Boris Johnson’ The US…

Angela Rayner defies Keir Starmer to back Diane Abbott as Labour election candidate Angela Rayner has given Diane Abbott her…

Labour lead over Conservatives may be overstated, says Tory election expert Exclusive: Robert Hayward, who identified ‘shy Tories’ in 1992,…

‘Pitiful’ number of childminders sign up to government grant scheme The government’s childcare policy is at risk of failure as figures reveal…

Meet the top teams: the key election advisers to Sunak and Starmer We look at the people who will strategise…

Almost all of Friday’s front pages report on the first day of the general election campaigning. Rishi Sunak is pictured in most papers after his disastrous election announcement. 

Regardless of political leanings, many of yesterday’s newspapers agreed that the prime minister’s snap July election was a ‘gamble’. The papers, the experts, and inside sources all concluded choosing an election just 6 weeks away didn’t seem like a great course of action for a party that’s 20 points behind in the opinion polls. Many also slammed the prime minister’s decision to give the announcement outside in the rain with protesters blasting music over the prime minister – not great optics for the government. 

However, the date is now set and the papers have firmly put their foot in their camps. Yesterday marked day one of the election campaigning – here’s how the papers cover it. 

Labour says early general election leaves many government commitments ‘in the bin’ – UK politics live Bills, including smoking ban…

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that the next general election will be held on July 4. The snap election has shocked the press – and the Tories but has been welcomed by Labour.

Prime minister Rishi Sunak to announce July 4 general election 2024 Rishi Sunak is today set to dramatically announce that…

July 7 general election: Postal vote rules and everything else you need to know Rishi Sunak has called a General…

General Election announcement: Rishi Sunak calls 4 July election Rishi Sunak has fired the starting gun for a 4 July…

Labour MP reveals general election falls on wedding anniversary A Labour shadow minister has revealed he’ll be spending his wedding…

Swinney: Election during Scottish school holidays shows ‘disrespect’ | News Rishi Sunak calling a general election during Scotland’s summer school…