All news on the topic: General election

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Lib Dem leader Ed Davey explains why he chose not to stick his hand inside a cow
Sir Ed Davey has revealed the stunts that he didn’t manage to pull off on the General Election campaign trail this year – including sticking his arm in a cow’s rectum.
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Legislation addressing assaults on shop workers and closing loopholes in shoplifting laws is forthcoming
In the first King’s Speech since the General Election, Labour will announce a specific offence of assaulting retail workers and close a Tory loophole downgrading shoplifting
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Lowest turnout in UK general election since universal suffrage, report shows
IPPR thinktank finds that only 52% of the British adult population cast their ballots on 4 July
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Rishi Sunak announces Shadow Cabinet as David Cameron quits
Rishi Sunak, who is serving as the interim Tory leader, announced his Shadow Cabinet after many top Tories lost their seats in a devastating general election night for the party
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Labour confirms plans for Universal Credit, PIP, state pension, and cost of living support after election win
Labour has promised to "kickstart economic growth" after 14 years of Conservative Government and wants to address the rise in economic inactivity. But what does it mean for the benefits system?
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Familiar faces, but not all from politics: meet the surprising new Labour ministers
Keir Starmer made some eye-catching new appointments, including a human rights barrister and a rehabilitation campaigner
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Keir Starmer expresses his feelings as Prime Minister in a three-word vow offering hope to the nation
Keir Starmer promised that ’self-interest is yesterday’s politics’ in his first press conference as Prime Minister after a Labour landslide at the General Election
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Tories are now on life support after this truly historic and humiliating defeat
The Conservative’s have fundamentally lost touch with their core voters
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Removal vans spotted outside No10 as Rishi Sunak forced out
Rishi Sunak is moving out of Downing Street after resigning as Prime Minister following the Conservative Party’s devastating defeat at the General Election
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Boris Johnson blames ’Pied Piper’ Nigel Farage for role in ’destruction’ of Tories
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".
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How Labour’s General Election victory could impact your finances - from taxes to pensions
Labour is now back in power for the first time in 14 years - so what does this mean for your personal finances? We run through everything you need to know about taxes, pensions and more
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Carol Vorderman offered sassy words of advice to Keir Starmer as he enters No. 10 as Prime Minister
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’
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King Charles’ ’lowered point’ gesture suggests a meaningful or specific comment he made to Keir Starmer
Body language expert Judi James believes the official photos released by Buckingham Palace of King Charles meeting Labour’s Keir Starmer are very telling of the relationship between the two men
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Nigel Farage was heckled and called a ’racist’ during his first speech as a Reform UK MP
Nigel Farage’s first press conference as an MP descended into chaos before it had even started after it was taken over by multiple hecklers.
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How many people voted for Labour, Reform and the Tories in general election?
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?
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Jacob Rees Mogg snoozes and loses as the ‘big beast’ is forced to take a nap
Britain is waking up to a new chapter in its history – Conservative Party ‘big beast’ Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg losing his seat, and a Labour majority.
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The deadliest decision Keir Starmer will have to make today
Within hours of taking up his new post, there’s one job Sir Keir Starmer will have to do today, which will literally be a matter of life or death.
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Tory heavyweights Jacob Rees-Mogg, Grant Shapps, and Penny Mordaunt lose their seats in a General Election wipeout
The fuming former Defence Secretary has laid into the Tories after losing his seat
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Sir Ed Davey celebrates an ’exceptional’ election result for the Liberal Democrats
The Lib Dem leader said he "rather enjoyed" the election campaign as he was re-elected in his Kingston and Surbiton seat.
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Nigel Farage has been elected as an MP for the first time during a breakthrough night for Reform UK
Reform were projected to win 13 seats in the exit poll.
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Labour wins UK general election as Keir Starmer says: ‘We did it! Change begins now’
Sir Keir Starmer will enter Downing Street as Labour’s first prime minister in 14 years after a landslide victory at the general election.
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A pub running for election aims to ban all other pubs in town
A London pub is running in this year’s General Election and the owner has warned of some harsh policies on the horizon if he wins.
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101 reasons to vote the Tories out on election day: Partygate scandal, sewage issues, and Liz Truss
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
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A polling station worker reveals earnings and warns voters about a common ballot error they make
One hundred and fifty thousands people will be helping out at polling stations today to ensure the general election voting runs smoothly - and one worker has shared what it is really like, how much you can earn, and common mistakes voters make