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How to fix the 'worrying' general election turnout

Voter turnout is reported to have been the lowest since 2001 in last week’s UK general election, at just 59.9 per cent.

Braverman blasts Badenoch as Tories ignore unity calls

Two of the frontrunners in the race to replace Rishi Sunak as Tory leader have entered a war of words, as infighting within the party deepens.

PM says state of prisons.'even worse' than feared

Sir Keir Starmer has said that an urgent plan is to be brought forward next week to tackle overcrowding in prisons after saying conditions are even worse” than Labour had feared.

Sarwar calls for Starmer to end 'cruel' child benefit cap

Scottish Labour leader says Tory policy needs to be reversed’

Suspect captured after BBC commentator's wife and daughters killed at home

Armed police have captured a former soldier wanted in connection with a suspected crossbow triple murder which claimed the lives of a BBC racing commentator’s wife and two daughters.

Trump may not care about Labour's Nato ambitions

Keir Starmer’s pledge on defence spending struck the right note with alliance members but the shadow of the once and possibly future president looms large

Biden backs Starmer's bid to bring UK closer to EU

Joe Biden last night backed Sir Keir Starmer’s ambitions to take the UK back closer to the European Union.

Starmer gets big diplomatic win with Ukraine Nato plan

Sir Keir Starmer has begun to reset Britain’s relations with key allies as his plan to ensure Ukraine’s pathway to joining Nato is irreversible is set to be adopted.

Ruthless Medvedev knocks out ailing top seed Sinner

Rule out Daniil Medvedev at your peril.

Van Dijk can prove legends wrong by getting into final

Of all the players around Europe to chastise, to suggest hasn’t had a positive impact on teammates and to berate for not playing well enough, Virgil van Dijk will feel like a baffling choice to regular viewers of the Premier League.

Southgate: This is England's chance to make history

Three Lions have full squad available for Netherlands match

Yamal's wonder goal leads favourites Spain into final

If this is to be Spain’s first men’s trophy since the glory era of 2008-12, there couldn’t be a better signal of a new era than the youngest player in the history of the European Championships scoring the goal to set them on their way to the final.

Thames Water may go bust, what does this mean for us?

Pity the poor Thames Water consumer (for the record, I am one). We found out yesterday that the water company only has enough cash to last until next May – thanks to a debt pile of more than £15bn.

Dyson to slash 1,000 jobs

Dyson is axeing up to 1,000 jobs in the UK as part of a costcutting drive. The move by the vacuum cleaner maker, which relocated its headquarters to Singapore in 2019, will see its British-based workforce reduced by more than a quarter.

Senior Democrat publicly urges Biden to step aside

Adam Smith is sixth House representative to call for change

Indian recruits in Russian army can quit, says Putin

Citizens were reportedly misled’ into serving in Ukraine

'A room covered in blood'

A mother and daughter caught up in the Russian missile strike on a Kyiv children’s hospital speak to Tom Watling

Sugar consumption down one year after tax applied

The sugar tax imposed on soft drinks in Britain led to a significant drop in sugar in people’s diets, according to a longterm study.

Drink-driver killed baby and aunt in 141mph crash

A drink-driver has been jailed for 17 years after killing an eightmonth-old baby and his aunt in a crash at 141mph on the A1.

Will Sunak stick around to take on Starmer at PMQs?

One of the many humiliations suffered by the Conservatives in the past week has been the temporary deletion of their X/Twitter account.

Ready with the popcorn as PopCon digests its demise

It takes a truly impressive degree of delusion to call yourself Popular Conservatism when that brand has never seemed so unpopular.

Braverman faces backlash following Pride flag attack

Former home secretary has been condemned by own party

Badenoch berates Sunak over election campaign

Kemi Badenoch has reportedly used Rishi Sunak’s first shadow cabinet meeting to criticise his election campaign.

How Reform won five seats but made gains in hundreds

Reform UK made gains in hundreds of seats across the country at last week’s general election, voting data shows.

Labour voters want PM to ditch his Brexit 'red lines'

New polling shows that the vast majority of voters who went to the polls to vote for a Keir Starmer government want Labour to drop its Brexit red lines” and reverse the Tory legacy on Europe.

Broken Tory party should keep Sunak as their leader

For those of us in the press gallery, it was a disorienting experience, as if our heads were still spinning from the sleep deprivation of last week.

Starmer praises diversity as MPs sworn into parliament

Sir Keir Starmer was greeted with a standing ovation from Labour MPs on the benches as he made his first appearance in the House of Commons since becoming prime minister.

Starmer pressured by army chiefs on defence spending

PM flies to Nato summit with ‘iron commitment' to spend 2.5 per cent of GDP - but ex-military heads call for timetable

Jimmy Jimmy: bowling icon marks run-up for final Test

The seamer will sprint onto the pitch at Lord's 21 years after his debut but, asks Sonia Twigg, should he really be retiring?

Djokovic rolls over Rune then turns on the crowd

“I’ve played in much more hostile environments, trust me, you guys can’t touch me,” Novak Djokovic assured the Centre Court crowd at Wimbledon last night. Even after winning in straight sets, he had the bit between his teeth. Holger Rune couldn’t touch him either, you see, so the seven-time Wimbledon champion had a little more energy to expend.