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The Conservative’s have fundamentally lost touch with their core voters

In his newspaper column, the former prime minister offers advice for the Conservatives, saying: "When we get back in, don’t be too hasty to get rid of successful election-winning leaders".

Carol Vorderman says Tory ’gremlins’ in No10 have ’ransacked the house and tried to nick the lead off the roof’ but gave Starmer ’words to the wise’

Almost all of the 650 UK constituencies have now declared their results, and Labour has been overwhelmingly voted to victory. But how many millions of people voted for each party?

From Rishi Sunak’s helicopter usage, fury over the Tories partying while the nation was locked down under strict Covid rules and a burgeoning mental health crisis, to Liz Truss’ disastrous stint as PM and spiralling energy costs... there are more than enough reasons to give the Tories a kicking in the ballot box on July 4

Final polls predict unprecedented Labour victory, with Starmer declaring Britain a ‘great nation, with boundless potential’

Uber-Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg takes page from Donald Trump’s playbook.

Keir Starmer has branded fake Tory claims about his work ethic as "laughably ridiculous".

Britain is “a better place to live” than when the Conservatives came to power in 2010, Rishi Sunak has insisted at the start of the final campaign weekend before the UK general election on Thursday.

Investigation details industry campaign including legal threats and charm offensive aimed at Tory MPs

Rishi Sunak’s chief of staff has been interviewed as a witness by the Gambling Commission, about the saga over alleged bets on the timing of the general election.

British transparency campaigners and opposition politicians have called for the next government to tighten political party financing laws following an OCCRP investigation that raised questions about the origins of a 2020 donation to the ruling Conservative Party.

Five years ago this week, in the teeth of the Brexit wars, an outgoing Tory prime minister was looking for a legacy. Theresa May settled on net zero —and now it’s on Labour to keep that target alive.

Welsh politician Russell George told by Gambling Commission he is part of inquiry as Tories drop Craig Williams and Laura Saunders

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The Conservative general election campaign has been plunged into crisis over claims several people associated with the party placed bets on the date of the general election.

Figures reveal the Conservatives raised £292,500 from 6 June to 12 June compared with £4.4m for Labour

Conservative figures are accused of betting on the timing of the snap election. The scandal couldn’t come at a worse moment for Rishi Sunak.

Laura Saunders is married to Tony Lee, head of Conservative campaigns. Rishi Sunak’s parliamentary aide, Craig Williams, is also under investigation, and the PM’s close protection officer has been arrested over betting allegations.

Among several big General Election polls released yesterday, one predicted a particularly shocking result: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak losing his seat in North Yorkshire.

The metric bolsters a beleaguered Conservative party that had made inflation a central issue ahead of the July 4 election.