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What to expect on the General Election campaign trail on Tuesday

What to expect on the General Election campaign trail on Tuesday

What to expect on the General Election campaign trail on Tuesday

02 July 2024

Here is your guide to the main developments expected in the General Election campaign on Tuesday.


Strikes ‘inevitable’ for Aberdeen and Glasgow airports as pay dispute escalates

Strikes ‘inevitable’ for Aberdeen and Glasgow airports as pay dispute escalates

Strikes ‘inevitable’ for Aberdeen and Glasgow airports as pay dispute escalates

02 July 2024

Unite has repeated calls for AGS, the company that owns the two airports, to intervene over the stalemate on worker pay.


New Children’s Laureate will ‘knock on the door of Number 10’ to promote reading

New Children’s Laureate will ‘knock on the door of Number 10’ to promote reading

New Children’s Laureate will ‘knock on the door of Number 10’ to promote reading

02 July 2024

Frank Cottrell-Boyce, who wrote the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, has been named Waterstones Children’s Laureate.


Alexander McCall Smith to be knighted at Palace of Holyroodhouse

Alexander McCall Smith to be knighted at Palace of Holyroodhouse

Alexander McCall Smith to be knighted at Palace of Holyroodhouse

02 July 2024

The author wrote the bestselling The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.


General Election: Top target seats, by party

General Election: Top target seats, by party

General Election: Top target seats, by party

02 July 2024

The targets are based on a set of notional results for the 2019 general election.


King and Queen to host events in Scotland during Holyrood Week

King and Queen to host events in Scotland during Holyrood Week

King and Queen to host events in Scotland during Holyrood Week

02 July 2024

Charles and Camilla will host guests at a garden party in Edinburgh during events staged over two days.


General Election night: Hour-by-hour guide

General Election night: Hour-by-hour guide

General Election night: Hour-by-hour guide

02 July 2024

By 4am enough results should be in to know which party is on course to win the election and by what margin.


What the papers say – July 2

What the papers say – July 2

What the papers say – July 2

02 July 2024

The General Election continues to dominate the headlines on Tuesday.


A big Labour majority would be ‘better for the country’, Starmer claims

A big Labour majority would be ‘better for the country’, Starmer claims

A big Labour majority would be ‘better for the country’, Starmer claims

02 July 2024

With just 48 hours to go until polling day, Rishi Sunak has repeated the warning that Labour could achieve a ‘supermajority’.


Greens pledge to abolish Ofsted and SATs testing

Greens pledge to abolish Ofsted and SATs testing

Greens pledge to abolish Ofsted and SATs testing

01 July 2024

The party is also proposing to scrap tuition fees, provide free school meals for all children, and have a qualified counsellor in every school.


Sir Ed Davey urges public to choose Lib Dems and ‘vote for historic change’

Sir Ed Davey urges public to choose Lib Dems and ‘vote for historic change’

Sir Ed Davey urges public to choose Lib Dems and ‘vote for historic change’

01 July 2024

This comes after the party leader took part in a bungee jump before asking voters to take a similar ‘leap of faith’ on polling day.


Angela Rayner says she will ‘fight every day’ to give carers real living wage

Angela Rayner says she will ‘fight every day’ to give carers real living wage

Angela Rayner says she will ‘fight every day’ to give carers real living wage

01 July 2024

The Labour Party’s deputy leader said she remembered the feeling of people looking down on her during her time as a care worker.


Murder probe launched after fatal crash involving car and moped

Murder probe launched after fatal crash involving car and moped

Murder probe launched after fatal crash involving car and moped

01 July 2024

A 37-year-old man from Leatherhead died at the scene and his family have been informed.


Rubbish will pile up without improved pay offer, union warns

Rubbish will pile up without improved pay offer, union warns

Rubbish will pile up without improved pay offer, union warns

01 July 2024

Waste services workers at 13 councils have voted in favour of strike action if an improved pay offer is not forthcoming.


British charity founder providing support in Ukraine dies ‘in combat’

British charity founder providing support in Ukraine dies ‘in combat’

British charity founder providing support in Ukraine dies ‘in combat’

01 July 2024

Peter Fouche died on Thursday after getting badly injured ‘in combat against Russian forces’, Project Konstantin said on Sunday.


Appeal lodged against sentence given to Irish soldier who assaulted woman

Appeal lodged against sentence given to Irish soldier who assaulted woman

Appeal lodged against sentence given to Irish soldier who assaulted woman

01 July 2024

The appeal against the three-year suspended sentence for Cathal Crotty has been lodged on the basis of undue leniency.


Sunak to emphasise importance of voting in final stretch plea to wavering Tories

Sunak to emphasise importance of voting in final stretch plea to wavering Tories

Sunak to emphasise importance of voting in final stretch plea to wavering Tories

01 July 2024

The Prime Minister will argue the outcome of the election is not a ‘foregone conclusion’ in a campaign speech on Tuesday.


Woman ‘wanted to stop asylum seekers suffering more trauma on Bibby Stockholm’

Woman ‘wanted to stop asylum seekers suffering more trauma on Bibby Stockholm’

Woman ‘wanted to stop asylum seekers suffering more trauma on Bibby Stockholm’

01 July 2024

Police were made aware of people obstructing a coach which was parked outside a Best Western Hotel in Peckham, south-east London, on May 2 2024.


Fact check: ‘National ULEZ’, mortgages and tax

Fact check: ‘National ULEZ’, mortgages and tax

Fact check: ‘National ULEZ’, mortgages and tax

01 July 2024

Round-up of claims from the campaign trail checked by Full Fact, including road pricing and mortgages


In Pictures: Sir Ed Davey’s leap of faith as election race enters final week

In Pictures: Sir Ed Davey’s leap of faith as election race enters final week

In Pictures: Sir Ed Davey’s leap of faith as election race enters final week

01 July 2024

The Lib Dem leader has been saving his best stunts for the final push.


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