UK GENERAL ELECTION 2024

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  Tim Chapman

  

  Labour’s inheritance is truly grim

  newstatesman.com - Duncan Weldon

  As Rachel Reeves assails their record, the Conservatives have few grounds for complaint. British taxes are set to rise. That will come as no surprise …

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  Tim Chapman

  

  Reform infighting begins as Nigel Farage effectively sacks deputy

  dailymail.co.uk - By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline

  Tensions surfaced in Reform today after Nigel Farage effectively sacked his deputy Ben Habib. Mr Farage - who was formally sworn in as an MP this …

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  Tim Chapman

  

  Greens and Lib Dems hit out at proposed water bill increase

  BBC News

  Image source, EPA We're pausing our live coverage for now. But if you want a quick recap before we head off, we've got one for you: Water bills are set to rise – the regulator is in a standoff with water firms over how how much bills should go up by over the next five years in England and …

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  Tim Chapman

  

  Penny Mordaunt, Jacob Rees-Mogg and beyond: Full list of the 175 Conservative MPs that lost their seats in election bloodbath

  The Independent - Athena Stavrou

  The Conservative Party suffered a crushing defeat in last week’s election, losing grip on power after 14 years in government. The party lost over 244 …

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  Tim Chapman

  

  'We've got to take our time,' says Braverman on Tory leadership

  BBC News - Paul Seddon

  Conservatives leadership hopefuls are pondering how to react, after a crushing election defeat looks set to define the future direction of the party. The party now has only 121 MPs, down 251, after its vote collapsed as Labour achieved a landslide election victory. Rishi Sunak has vowed to stay on as …

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  Tim Chapman

  

  Tories are now on life support after this truly historic and humiliating defeat

  thesun.co.uk - Matt Goodwin, Professor of Politics, University of Kent

  THE British people have inflicted a truly historic and humiliating defeat on the Conservative Party. It awoke yesterday morning battered and bruised, …