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Leader Rishi Sunak is standing down and the Conservative Party has to find a new leader to begin the fightback. Who will take over?
Labour’s manifesto was largely predicated on economic growth, but the new government faces several problems too serious to wait for growth to kick in.
Electoral defeat comes for us all in the end.
The Conservative party has been voted out of office in a Labour landslide.
Tactical voting is a unique feature of the UK’s first past the post voting system.
When the serious melds with the absurd, it’s easy to react in the wrong way.
Rishi Sunak hasn’t visited a hospital yet, which is a very unusual move for a prime minister.
The Conservatives campaigned against changing the voting system in 2011, but it could have saved them from a potential wipeout at this election.
Why we shouldn’t let the actions of a few taint the reputations of an entire political class.
Britain’s centre left has been divided since the end of the first world war – now it is the centre right that has been split.
Boundary changes are making this election difficult to map, so we turned to the census.
National insurance payments are linked to state pension entitlement in the UK – but the Conservatives want to abolish them for the self-employed.
The UK needs 300,000 new homes every year to fix the housing crisis.
Tax evasion crackdowns, efficiency savings and welfare cuts are easy political sells – but getting these measures to deliver large amounts of revenue is much more difficult.
Proposals are either poor (and eventually expensive) solutions, or suggest processes that are already in place.
Political calculations with Treasury figures can be wide of the mark.
Sunak and Starmer clashed over the cost of living, immigration and the NHS. The Conversation’s expert analysis puts their claims into context.
Both the Conservatives and Labour have promised not to raise income tax, national insurance or VAT should they win the election – but most voters don’t believe them.
The Tories have 346 seats and could lose more than half of those. Labour is aiming for huge gains, the SNP is fighting for relevance – and the Lib Dems are hoping to become the third party again.
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