The London Standard - June 19, 2024

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June 19, 2024

Then there were four: Poll predicts massacre for Tories in London

THE Conservatives face close to wipeout in London at the election, according to a new poll which showed them with just four seats left as they are hit by a Reform and Labour pincer movement.

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Awkward questions for Labour on tax as Reeves forced onto backfoot

LABOUR came under a tax spotlight today after Sir Keir Starmer appeared to leave the door open to savers being hit in a future budget.

2 mins

Drink-drive arrest officer 'didn't know who Timberlake was'

THE police officer who arrested singer Justin Timberlake for drink-driving had reportedly never heard of the chart-topping star.

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The only bar in the world where Taylor Swift isn't a big deal

AT NOTTING HILL'S Casa Cruz, I thought a bulldoggish doorman would be guarding the entrance.

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Sex, power and bust-ups: inside brand Beckham

Tom Bower has skewered everyone from Boris to the royals - now he's turned his lens on Posh and Becks. So how juicy is it really?

5 mins

Unite the Right? Look how that worked out for the Republicans

IF the polls are right, the Conservatives are heading for a historic drubbing.

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Festivals are kind of over ...it's all about grassroots, intimate gigs this summer

I'M not being funny but... today I want to talk about the sorry state of festivals this summer.

2 mins

It's telling that there's absolutely no debate about Bukavo Saka

THERE was something almost reassuringly familiar about the sight of Serbia's Strahinja Pavlović taking out Bukayo Saka after 22 minutes of England's opening Euro 2024 group game on Sunday.

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I'm angry I've time wasted with the Help to Buy ISA'

Millions of first-time buyers have their savings trapped in deposit schemes that have not kept pace with house price inflation.

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Young's boss says food costs are now falling for pubs

THE boss of Young's today said the pub chain was beginning to see food inflation fall into negative territory in the latest signs that cost-of-living pressures are abating.

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Murray certain to fight to end in long farewell

EARLY exits did not used to be the tournament norm for Andy Murray.

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Southgate still looking for key to unlock City form in Foden

FIVE MINUTES gone at Wembley, and in the sunshine in front of a socially distanced crowd, Phil Foden, hair dyed a la Paul Gascoigne on the same patch at Euro 96, shimmies inside a Croatian defender and curls towards the far corner to launch the summer he intends, even expects, to make his own.

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Gilmour gives Scots better chance of holding onto Euro dream

AFTER suffering opening-night stage fright, it is do-or-die for Scotland.

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Better tracks give us hope for success in next stage, says Topley

WHEN naming a squad for this T20 World Cup in the spring, England made no secret of how heavily their thinking had been influenced by their high-scoring tour to the Caribbean before Christmas.

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