UK Politics

General election: Parties enter finishing straight in the race for Number 10

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn are ending five weeks of frenetic general election campaigning in a fierce battle on Brexit and the NHS.
General election: Conservatives set for majority but race has tightened significantly - poll projection

Boris Johnson is on course for a Commons majority of 28, according to a massive new poll projection for Sky News that suggests the race has tightened significantly in the last fortnight.
London Bridge attack: Victim Jack Merritt’s father accuses Boris Johnson of trying to 'score election points'

The father of a London Bridge terror attack victim has accused Boris Johnson of exploiting the tragedy to "score some points in the election".
Boris Johnson missed the personal tragedy of Jack Merritt to shore up the political agenda

It was a little before the 10 O'clock bulletins on the evening of the London Bridge terror attack that claimed the lives of 25-year old Jack Merritt and 23-year-old Saskia Jones, when the prime minister delivered a statement to camera - the second of the evening.
General election: 'It was banter' says shadow minister who told Tory friend Labour won't win

Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth says he was just "joking around" after a leaked recording emerged in which he criticised Jeremy Corbyn and said Labour wouldn't get a majority in the election.