SNP general election candidate replaced at last minute as his Twitter account vanishes

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

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.

Douglas Ross will resign as Scottish Tory leader and as an MSP after the general election.

When we meet Douglas Alexander in popular North Berwick cafe Cake, he’s waiting on a bacon roll.

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross will make an emergency statement on the general election this morning.

Viewers of the ITV General Election debate between Sir Keir Starmer and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak slammed the head to head as 'chaotic' and 'pointless' on Tuesday night (June 4).

Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had anticipated. Far from the pre-election sloganeering that predicted 400 seats out of 543 in India‘s lower house of parliament, the Lok Sabha, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) managed 294, more than the 272 required to form the next government. The number was significantly lower than the 353 the alliance secured in the 2019 general election.

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

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.

With a general election looming, every First Minister’s Questions now is like a three-way Mexican standoff.

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.

The SNP has pulled a campaign video after it used a song which includes sexually explicit lyrics.

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

John Swinney has said he should be invited to take part in all TV debates involving party leaders during the general election campaign.

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.”

John Swinney will say the SNP can kick the Conservatives out of “every seat in Scotland” as he campaigns ahead of the General Election. The First Minister will on Monday campaign for votes in Dumfries, which is part of Scottish Secretary Alister Jack’s Dumfries and Galloway seat.