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UK Economy Stagnates Heading Into General Election

Britain's economy stagnated in April after emerging from recession in the first quarter of the year, official data showed Wednesday ahead of the country's general election next month.

International Business Times

Tories appear to admit election defeat as Cabinet minister pleads: Don't give Keir Starmer a 'super majority'

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps argued if Labour gets a majority ‘of the size of Blairs or even bigger’ it would place Britain in a ‘dangerous place’

Evening Standard

Sunak blames D-Day events ‘running over’ after turning up late to ITV interview he skipped event for

The prime minister was condemned for skipping events to mark the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings to return home for a sit down with ITV

The Independent UK

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UK economy flatlines in fresh blow to Rishi Sunak’s election hopes

The economy flatlined due to wet weather hitting retail sales over the Easter period, following growth of 0.4% in March

The Independent UK

Economy fails to grow in sodden April in new blow to Rishi Sunak

The latest ONS growth figures come ahead of the Bank of England’s decision on interest rates next week

Evening Standard

UK economy flatlines in blow to Rishi Sunak’s hopes of recovery

April growth figure 0% as Britain held back by poor retail and construction activity amid wet weather

The Guardian - UK

Jura, on the 75th anniversary of Orwell’s 1984

Charlie Lewis pays a visit to the tiny Scottish island where George Orwell wrote his masterpiece.

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How to judge Rishi Sunak? Not as a politician, but as the great improv comic of our age

How lucky we are to have witnessed his masterful performances as ‘chancellor of the exchequer’ and ‘prime minister’, says comedy writer Ian Martin

The Guardian - UK

From ‘hug a husky’ to ‘max out the oil’: the Tory environmental journey

We look back through 14 years of Conservative manifestos at policies on net zero, energy, transport and more

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak went without ‘lots of things’ including Sky TV as a child

PM recalls his parents’ sacrifices for his education in interview recorded after his return from D-day celebrations

The Guardian - UK

‘Cosplaying Liz Truss’: Rishi Sunak condemned for £17bn tax giveaway

Critics say funding of Tory manifesto’s policies is ‘implausible’ and they would mainly benefit wealthier voters

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Conservative manifesto: an exercise in fiscal fantasy and denial

Editorial: Rishi Sunak’s insistent repetition of the word ‘plan’ doesn’t compensate for an absence of serious engagement with the challenges Britain faces

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dem proposals take social care reform seriously – but doubts remain over how they’d pay for it

Despite the fact that it is central to so many people’s lives, too often, social care is an afterthought for UK political parties. In the first TV debate of the 2024 general election, Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer devoted only 36 seconds to this issue.

The Conversation

General Election: Tory manifesto launch, & London’s poshest summer parties ...The Standard podcast

Sunak at Silverstone - plus, the expert art of mingling

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The Guardian - UK

We’re already paying tax on our state pensions

Brief letters: Rishi Sunak’s pension pledge | Poor immigration logic | Sir Mark Elder’s last hurrah | Reviving Cockney rhyming slang

The Guardian - UK

Rish!’s bargain-basement manifesto offers anything you want if you just vote Tory

Don’t like foreigners? Flights to Rwanda would start in July. Don’t like the ECHR? We could rip up international treaties

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage’s Reform just a point behind Tories new poll released after Rishi Sunak’s manifesto launch shows

Keir Starmer’s Labour still well out in front, but Reform now snapping at the Conservatives’ heels

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s Conservative manifesto: Do the costs and savings add up?

It remains to be seen whether the prime minister’s plans will be enough to overturn a 21-point gap between the Tories and Labour in the polls

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The Guardian - UK

With this half-hearted, delusional manifesto, Rishi Sunak has all but given up

It would take a political genius to rescue the Tories now. Instead they have a leader more suited to churning out quarterly reports, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Campaign catchup: Conservative manifesto; Farage pelted again; Green candidate defects

In today’s newsletter: Breaking down what was in the Tory manifesto, more items lobbed at the Reform leader, and a surprising defection in Scotland

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak 'cosplaying Liz Truss' and will not lower National Insurance, Rachel Reeves says

Labour has responded to the Tory general election manifesto

Evening Standard

Reform blame BBC for postponement of Nigel Farage interview

A senior party source claimed broadcaster had not approached Reform leader

The Guardian - UK

Do the sums add up in Tory tax-cut manifesto?

Rishi Sunak says tax cuts will be paid for by slashing welfare bill further but experts doubt viability unless Conservatives usher in new era of austerity

The Conversation

Our reliable election forecast model predicts British Conservatives will lose big

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s election call for July 4 was a surprise. Since the government could stay in power another six months and have an election in early 2025, why did Sunak opt to go early?

The Guardian - UK

More tax cuts, fewer green policies: key takeaways from the Tories’ manifesto

Signs of Sunak trying to head off Farage threat are obvious with lengthy sections on net zero and gender identity

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