Former Newcastle United owner Sir John Hall has switched his support to Reform UK, after previously donating tens of thousands of pounds to the Conservatives. Mr Hall was cheered by those who had gathered to watch Reform UK Nigel Farage deliver a speech at an event near Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. He told ITV: “I’m […]
Britain’s Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak has pulled support from candidates Craig Williams and Laura Saunders over the UK General Election betting row. The British prime minister acted after coming under mounting pressure within the party to take a tougher stance on the alleged use of inside information to bet on the timing of the […]
(Bloomberg) — Rishi Sunak’s chances of avoiding a landslide defeat in the UK general election dwindled further as his governing Conservative Party struggled to contain revelations that several of the prime minister’s close aides placed bets on the date of the vote. Most Read from Bloomberg A report in the Sunday Times that a senior […]
(Bloomberg) — Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party is moving election campaign resources out of some districts it currently holds after concluding they’re no longer winnable, people familiar with the matter said, in a defensive move to shore up support in areas that would normally be considered a Tory stronghold. Most Read from Bloomberg The dramatic move […]
(Bloomberg) — Britons have “had enough” of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s governing Tories and are “ready for change,” Jim Ratcliffe, Britain’s second richest person, said as the clock ticks down on next month’s general election. Most Read from Bloomberg “The Conservatives now have had a fairly long stint and they’ve put forward a whole series […]
The Conservatives are projected to slump to their “lowest seat tally in the party’s almost 200-year history” at the UK General Election, according to a pollster. YouGov said its latest study projects Labour to secure 425 seats, the Tories 108, the Liberal Democrats 67, SNP 20, Reform UK five, Plaid Cymru four and the Green […]
The UK Labour Party is on course to win more than 450 seats and the biggest majority of any post-war British government, according to a poll of almost 20,000 people. The poll by Ipsos, published on Tuesday, estimated Labour would win 43 per cent of the vote in the upcoming UK general election and secure […]
A billionaire who previously donated £500,000 to the Conservatives has said he will be voting for Labour, and encourages others to do the same. John Caudwell, founder of Phones4U, was one of the biggest donors to the Tories ahead of the 2019 general election, when he gave half a million pounds to Boris Johnson’s campaign. […]
The BBC has been accused of “lefty Blairite bias” as it was criticised for selecting a panel of Rishi Sunak critics to join its flagship Sunday politics show. All three guests invited to debate the political issues of the day on the Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme have condemned Mr Sunak’s leadership to varying degrees. […]
Labour is on course for a 262-seat majority in the upcoming UK general election, analysis by pollster Survation has suggested. The analysis and modelling based on more than 40,000 surveys indicates Labour is ahead in 456 seats, with the Tories in first place with just 72. Meanwhile, a voting intention poll by Savanta also contained […]
Reform UK has overtaken the Conservatives in a major opinion poll, as UK prime minister Rishi Sunak continues his absence from the UK General Election campaign trail to meet world leaders in Italy. A YouGov survey commissioned by the Times newspaper had Nigel Farage’s party at 19 per cent to the Conservatives 18 per cent […]
Nigel Farage “should be welcomed” by the Conservative Party, former UK home secretary Suella Braverman has said. In an interview with The Times, Ms Braverman said the Tories are a “broad church”, and should not exclude anyone who wants “Conservatives to get elected”. Her comments come days after a poll suggested Mr Farage, the Reform […]