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Party admits it knew James McMurdock was convicted of assault before he was adopted as prospective parliamentary candidate

Policies popular even among Tory and Reform voters as unions say pledges must be honoured in king’s speech

MANY people, when describing what they love about their job, explain that “every day is different”.

One of the defining features of contemporary electoral politics in Britain is the age divide. Young people are far more likely to support Labour, and older people to support the Conservatives. This divide is still apparent following the 2024 election – but it hides the complexity of how young people…

The 2024 UK election campaign was dominated by discussion of the polls, from start to finish. This was partially because of the sheer volume of polls being published. We had more MRP (multi-level regression post-stratification) polls than ever before, many giving quite different pictures of the size of Labour’s lead.

We can now feel free to get on with our lives without worrying what the halfwits in Westminster might do next

Without a timetable for the leadership race, the current uneasy truce might hold for a while, says Katy Balls, the Spectator’s political editor

This special edition of The Crunch brings you all the UK election statistics, graphs and our beloved cartograms

It’s been a strange campaign and election, to say the least.