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Our experts previously revealed what pledges they wanted to see from Keir Starmer in The manifesto Britain needs. Are they impressed by the real thing?

Brief letters: Four weeks of three Ss | Joe Biden | Levelling up opera | Cranky policies for all ages | Faragist felines

Letters: The SNP’s child payment policy covers all children, whereas Labour can’t even commit to abolishing the two-child benefit cap, writes Sue Hawthorne. However, Alex Gallagher and Mark Openshaw are less enthused about the SNP’s record

With polls predicting huge losses for the Conservatives and huge gains for Labour, the election campaign so far has focused on the battle between the two biggest parties in Westminster. But the parliamentary dynamics are exceptionally fluid this year. Here’s a summary of where every party in Westminster currently stands…

Keir Starmer aims to turn spotlight on Sunak’s career before politics in lead up to first general election TV debate

Keir Starmer is facing criticism after pledging to slash levels of migration to the UK and “hire Brits first”.

LABOUR are under fire after frontbenchers met with the architects of a “far-right manifesto” that proposes completely reshaping the US into an…

Long-standing readers will know that this newsletter takes a dim view of knee-jerk comparisons between UK and US politics. Yes, America is a big, powerful and frankly weird place and we should absolutely not be strangers. But as liberal democracies go, our two nations could scarcely be more different.

Exclusive: Labour’s deputy leader talks openly about the impact on her of the Tory-led controversy about her past living arrangements

Labour leader accused of ‘cull’ and picking close allies to contest safe seats as others are blocked from standing for party in UK election

Even those who are not natural allies are concerned about the cack-handed treatment of the veteran MP