The Latest Breaking News from John Major

The two Tory PMs both told voters the economy had turned a corner – but there is little comparison now with 27 years ago

Chancellor vows to fight for the ‘blue wall brick by brick’ to avoid a repeat of an infamous shock result for the Tories in 1997

The main talking points of the first head to head were taxes, the economy, immigration, education and the NHS

Leading pollsters believe that Sunak’s monumental task of winning the general election would defy history

Polls show Labour more than 20 points ahead, an opposition lead usually only seen at exceptionally bad moments in a midterm

Polling guru John Curtice gives his views on Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer’s chances in the general election on 4 July

General secretary of the TSSA rail union and supporter of Tony Blair who chaired the party conference after Labour’s 1997 victory

It doesn't seem fair. When the economy is tanking, the government gets the blame. When it recovers, voters tend to give short shrift. Just ask John Major, who couldn't even convince one in three Britons to support the Conservatives in 1997 despite overseeing 22 consecutive quarters of GDP growth and…

The member for Dagenham and Rainham says he can’t wait to leave parliament. So why did he spend the past 23 years there? And what does he think he achieved?

With an estimated 25% vote share, Tory performance matches 1995 nadir reached under John Major

It’s three decades since the government’s attempt to ban raves radicalised an oddball coalition of dance fans, squatters and ‘new age’ travellers. What became of the protesters who tried to kill the bill?