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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was asked why his party attracts 'racists and extremists' as he faced a difficult grilling during a BBC Question Time election special

Our weekly poll shows just 18% of voters plan to support Rishi Sunak’s party. Keir Starmer's Labour has the backing of 38%, while 21% say they plan to vote for Reform UK

Wol Kolade, who is a managing partner at private equity firm Livingbridge, called for 'big conversation' on how NHS is funded as he asked 'where the hell' money will come from

During the final General Election TV debate on BBC One, a desperate Rishi Sunak repeatedly interrupted Keir Starmer as they clashed on tax, immigration and sleaze

The MRP poll of almost 20,000 people projects the Tories will be left with just 60 MPs as twenty Cabinet ministers are ousted at the General Election including Rishi Sunak

Jonathan Ashworth, who has become one of Labour's faces of the election campaign, said the party is braced for an onslaught of mud flinging at Keir Starmer

Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer, Sir Ed Davey and John Swinney faced questions from the BBC Question Time audience as there are just two weeks left until the General Election

Ed McGuinness, who is hoping to succeed Michael Gove in Surrey Heath, said it was 'great achievement' to find ex-Airbnb to live in so quickly, but it's owned by a party donor

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Labour deputy campaign chief Ellie Reeves could be about to become the first sisters to sit around the Cabinet table in No10

Lifelong Tory voter Collette Osborne, who runs two salons in Nottinghamshire, is supporting Labour for the first time as she believes Rishi Sunak has 'made the situation worse'

Labour is calling for the Conservatives to suspend Dudley North candidate Marco Longhi over his letter to British Pakistani voters highlighting his rival's surname

A viral message being shared on WhatsApp and Facebook urges private school parents to create 'panic' by pretending they’re going to move their kids to a state school

The Prime Minister is facing accusations he’s out of touch after he claimed in a General Election interview he went without 'lots of things' as a child including having Sky TV

Labour leader Keir Starmer told voters 'if you want change, you have to vote for change and that means voting Labour' as he unveiled his party's General Election manifesto

Labour's Keir Starmer will vow to get the country building and offer parents better childcare as he pledges to kickstart the economy at his General Election manifesto launch

Amy, who described herself as 'lifelong true blue', put the PM on the spot and explained the exact point that trust in the government broke down

Labour accused the Tories of being in chaos as Defence Secretary Grant Shapps suggested the National Service military placements for 18-year-olds would last just 25 days

Super-rich Rishi Sunak laughed awkwardly as he was questioned on whether he understands struggles facing ordinary families in an ITV Tonight interview with Paul Brand

As Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveils the Conservative Party's latest General Election manifesto, we look back at what they promised voters in 2019 and failed to deliver

Keir Starmer will stop highly caffeinated energy drinks being sold to under-16s in shops and online because of the impact on kids' health and concentration in classrooms

School classrooms that have been left empty because of falling birth rates will be converted so they can be used for childcare under plans to be announced by Labour

A Conservative party press office ended Sky News interview as Richard Holden was asked why he claimed to be 'bloody loyal to the North East' before switching to Essex seat

Rishi Sunak is dodging reporters as the backlash over his D-Day snub continues. The PM has avoided answering questions from journalists for at least 48 hours

Singer and campaigner Will Young has given his backing to Labour as it prepares to unveil the 'biggest boost in animal welfare for a generation' in its election manifesto

The Prime Minister was forced to apologise for flying home early from Normandy to record a TV interview, admitting it had been 'a mistake' as he faced backlash from veterans