Former Tory Bolton MP Mark Logan announces he is backing Labour at general election

It is just over two weeks until the general election takes places on Thursday, July 4. The main political parties have now released their manifestos which lay out their plans in a bid to convince undecided voters.

Labour is on course for a 262-seat majority, analysis by pollster Survation has suggested.

Millions of adults across the UK will soon head to the polls for the general election 2024.

Millions of Brits will soon be heading to the polling stations to have their say on who will run the country.

The Bolton South and Walkden candidates for this year’s general election have been confirmed.

The Bolton West candidates for this year’s general election have been confirmed.

The Bolton North East candidates for this year’s general election have been confirmed.

Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak will go head-to-head tonight in the first UK leadership debate of the 2024 general election campaign.

British news networks will be unable to counter dangerous deepfakes and misinformation swiftly on the day of the general election, the CEO of ITN has raised.

Nigel Farage has said he will stand as the Reform UK parliamentary candidate for Clacton, Essex, in the General Election.

Labour has committed to renewing the nuclear deterrent based on the Clyde.

EXCLUSIVE: David Hare, one of the UK’s foremost playwrights and a double Oscar nominee, is in an unsparing mood about the state of UK politics. This comes as leaders of the country’s two major parties parry in the cut and thrust of the July 4 general election.

The amount of homes for sale across the country is at an eight-year high ahead of the general election, in a trend which experts say will limit house price rises for the rest of 2024.

Sunak v Starmer: The ITV Debate – will be moderated by presenter Julie Etchingham, who also hosted debates in 2015, 2017 and 2019.ITV said it also planned to broadcast an interview programme with other party leaders and a multi-party debate.Michael Jermey, ITV’s director of news and current affairs, said: “Millions of viewers value the election debates. They provide a chance to see and hear the party leaders set out their pitch to the country, debate directly with each other and take questions from voters.“ITV is pleased to be broadcasting the first debate in this year’s election campaign.”Other broadcasters, including the BBC, Channel 4 and Sky News, have not yet announced plans for any televised debates.

AJ Tracey has spoken to NME about his hopes for the upcoming General Election, as well as his plans for his “very British-sounding” new album.The West London rapper was speaking to NME backstage at BBC Radio One’s Big Weekend in Luton, when he shared his thoughts on Rishi Sunak’s recent snap election announcement for July 4.“Everyone is going to have their own opinions but, for me, anything but the Tories is ideal,” he told NME. “Nowadays, I feel like voting Green because I don’t really affiliate with the parties.”Tracey added that he doesn’t think the UK rap scene will get behind a party in a similar way to how grime artists showed their support for Jeremy Corbyn in 2020.“Obviously we’re all getting older now but many times the youth have got behind parties,” he said.

A new poll has revealed Labour is in line for a crushing general election victory over the SNP in Scotland.

The BBC has set its election night coverage for the July 4 poll as broadcasters battle to secure debates with Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer as soon as possible.

West Dunbartonshire’s MP has welcomed the calling of a general election, saying that it gives voters the opportunity to “kick out this woeful Westminster government.”

Introduced in 1947 to resolved military manpower services after the Second World War it resulted in two million men being called up to join the British armed services.. But to many the experience of National Service was one of mindless drill and being shouted art by sergeants under pressure to knock conscripts into shape. Some hated it, others saw it as character building camaraderie.

Fears over the future of the UK’s film and high-end TV inquiry have emerged due to the upcoming general election.