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In today’s newsletter: A frantic 24 hours for the party sees their campaign going from bad to worse – here’s what happened

With Nigel Farage’s surprise return to frontline politics and Reform surging in the polls, there is increasingly fevered speculation as to how much damage Reform will do to the Conservatives in the election, and whether they will even overtake the Tories in terms of vote share.

Exclusive: Leaked recordings reveal chancellor ‘trying to achieve some of the same things’ as former prime minister

Institute for Public Policy Research urges Labour and Conservatives to reverse planned cuts

Rishi Sunak came out fighting after Reform overtook the Conservatives for the first time in one YouGov poll

A YouGov poll has put Reform UK ahead of the Conservatives for the first time. After a terrible few weeks of election campaigning, the Tories are on 18% while Reform has edged ahead to 19%. The same poll gave Labour 37% and the Liberal Democrats 14%.

Three new polls have made dire reading for Rishi Sunak suggesting that Nigel Farage’s Reform may be passing the Tories

A couple receiving pensions gain up to £1,200 more, while large families are £4,600 worse off, says Resolution Foundation

A series of social media blunders and a seemingly broken website suggests trouble at CCHQ