Diane Abbott and Apsana Begum among Labour candidates confirmed for general election
Following bitter row and speculation over selections, more than 600 existing Labour candidates are now endorsed
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Election campaigns descend into farce. So soon I hear you say!
A look at the biggest gaffes, rows, fiascos and strategies during the first full week of general election campaigning.
The left-wing candidates who won’t be standing for Labour in the general election
The figures on the left who have been deselected by Labour.
Progressive activists and organisations call for end to Labour’s ‘factional suspension of candidates’
“To win elections and to govern the country effectively Labour must be a broad church.”
Diane Abbott claims she’s been banned from standing as a Labour candidate in the general election
The veteran MP won’t be a Labour candidate in the election
4 lessons from the London Mayoral and Assembly elections for Labour’s general election prospects
These are the issues that need to be reckoned with
Will tactical voting destroy the Tories?
Under our winner-takes-all system, in tight seats, voters could well hold their noses and cast their ballot for a candidate with the best chance of winning, just to deliver a knock-out blow for the Tories.
Bathers warned away from 25 beaches polluted by sewage in Wales
“You weren’t expecting to go swimming this bank holiday weekend, anyway, were you?”
Why Labour made the right call on downgrading the £28bn climate investment figure
Labour’s climate and environment plans are still vastly more coherent and ambitious than those of the Tories.
Reform UK: Existential threat to the Tories or here today, gone tomorrow?
Emboldened by two byelections successes, Reform UK seeks to capitalise on voter disenchantment with the ruling party. But how much of a threat are they to the Tories?