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Former MP Johnny Mercer avoids threat of jail over SAS inquiry – for now

Judge lifts threat ‘for the time being’ after ex-minister withheld names from inquiry into misconduct claims

The Guardian - UK

Ex-veterans’ minister Johnny Mercer facing prison as request to withhold names denied by Afghan inquiry

Former Tory MP given two-week deadline to hand over names of whistleblowers who told him about alleged special forces murders after appeal denied

The Independent UK

Full list of 175 Tory MPs that lost their jobs in election bloodbath

Penny Mordaunt, Jacob Rees-Mogg and former prime minister Liz Truss were among the Tory big beasts who lost their seats

The Independent UK

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Keir Starmer will not appoint dedicated veterans’ minister sitting in cabinet

Armed forces charity Help for Heroes said it was ‘disappointed’ that no dedicated veterans’ minister had been appointed to sit in cabinet

The Independent UK

Service record row and Sunak’s D-Day blunder – but Johnny Mercer fights on for one last campaign

Despite a near-13,000 majority, Johnny Mercer and his team of canvassers are putting in the miles in Plymouth ahead of the 4 July election, reports Alex Ross from the campaign trail

The Independent UK

Johnny Mercer to stand down at next election blaming abuse as he reveals voter’s horrific comment to daughter

Exclusive: The veterans’ minister said if he is re-elected on 4 July he will serve just one more term, as he reveals the toll of abuse on him and his family

The Independent UK

Tory candidates beg voters: back me, not Sunak

Exclusive: Tory candidates try to separate themselves from Rishi Sunak in desperate bid to get elected

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‘We need leadership’: Alistair Carns on leaving the military to become a Labour minister

A colonel and former marine has been appointed veterans’ minister five days after being elected as a Labour MP. Kim Sengupta talks to him about his decision to stand

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage criticised for suggesting the West provoked Putin's invasion of Ukraine

The Reform leader has been accused of ‘echoing Putin’s vile justification for the brutal invasion of Ukraine’.

Evening Standard

Johnny Mercer urged to apologise for accusing Labour rival of lying about military service

The veterans minister has been widely condemned for suggesting former Royal Marine Fred Thomas lied about leading men into combat to boost his political career

The Independent UK

Big-name Tories who could lose their seat after exit poll predicts disastrous general election results

Rishi Sunak’s own seat of Richmond, in North Yorkshire is at risk - here is when high profile Tories expect to hear their results

The Independent UK

D-Day veteran accuses Rishi Sunak of 'letting down the country' by leaving Normandy ceremony early

Former prisoner of war Ken Hay, 98, has criticised the Prime Minister for leaving a D-Day commemoration in Normandy early

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak gifts Nigel Farage open goal for TV debate with D-Day ceremony fly home early blunder

The PM has apologised for flying back to the UK early to do a TV interview in which he denied ‘lying’ about Labour’s tax plans

Evening Standard

Sunak struggles to control Tory party on chaotic fifth day of election campaign

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

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Evening Standard

Tory MPs 'blamed for poor start to election campaign' in leaked email blunder

Internal memo accuses MPs of failing to ‘get behind’ campaign and knock on doors

Evening Standard

The Tory MPs whose seats are at risk this general election

A number of top Conservatives could be at risk this general election

The Independent UK

Ten top Tories at risk of losing seats at the general election

Voters to choose new prime minister and MPs, with a host of top Conservatives at risk of being ejected from Commons

The Independent UK

No10 blocked veterans IDs at ballot box over fears it would ‘open floodgates’ to students, minister reveals

Johnny Mercer said plans to allow veterans IDs at polling stations were blocked by No10 over fears it would ‘open the floodgates’ to more students voting

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Evening Standard

Military vet turned away from polling station because staff wouldn't accept his ID

Adam Diver, who served in the Army for 27 years, said he was ‘gutted’ to be turned away

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting to bring photo ID

Former PM made the requirement to bring photo ID a stipulation of the Elections Act in 2022

Evening Standard

Tory MP Tom Hunt blames dyspraxia for losing vital photo ID he needed to vote in election

Ipswich MP Tom Hunt said people mocking him online for the error were "persecuting" him and warned them to be "very careful with their words”

International Business Times

UK Minister Threatened With Jail Over Afghanistan Probe

A UK government minister is on a collision course with the law over his refusal to reveal the sources of allegations that British special forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan.

The Guardian - UK

Minister told to name sources in Afghan inquiry or face potential jail term

Johnny Mercer given 10 days to reveal source of claims British troops engaged in war crimes

Evening Standard

James Cleverly backs armed police officer who told tourists: Stop 'taking p***' out of King’s Guard in London

The soldier was on duty at the Horse Guards building off Whitehall when a group of young tourists appeared to start heckling him

The Guardian - UK

What the explosive testimony of a minister reveals about Britain’s war in Afghanistan – and its rogue special forces

The probe into 80 alleged SAS killings heard evidence from Johnny Mercer and highlighted the urgent need for oversight, says former military officer Frank Ledwidge

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