The Conservatives have had some dire forecasts in the polls . (Image: Getty)
The Conservatives face a General Election wipeout according to a new poll out today as their political rivals reveal new polices and manifestos.
This Sunday morning’s papers may have made grim reading for the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with a new survey predicting Sir Keir Starmer‘s Labour are set for a massive majority of 416, leaving the Tories with just 37 seats.
Shocking results in the Mail on Sunday (MoS) review of voter intentions, conducted by Deltapoll, would place the Conservatives at a Liberal Democrat level of opposition. Worryingly even Rishi Sunak could lose his supposedly safe seat of Richmond in North Yorkshire, held with a 27,000 majority at the last election.
It follows a disastrous week for the PM politically with a furious furore breaking out over his decision to leave Thursday’s 80th D-Day anniversary commemorations.
With the July 4th General Election looming, the MoS poll now puts Labour with 46 percent of the vote, the Conservatives on 21 percent and Nigel Farage’s Reform party on 12 percent.
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19 mins ago12:21 Richard Ashmore
Keir Starmer’s campaign bus arrives in Essex to set out antisocial behaviour pledge
The Labour leader and shadow home secretary spoke to victims of antisocial behaviour during a campaign stop in Essex.
Brian Johnson, 56, told Sir Keir Starmer about the theft of his son’s motorcycle, with the suspects riding it up and down his street.
However, police said there were no officers available to attend, so Mr Johnson chased the suspects himself with his car but could not get the motorcycle back.
Asked by Sir Keir how he felt, Mr Johnson said: “I was absolutely devastated”.
Sir Keir said: “Well we want 13,000 more neighbourhood police, neighbourhood being the key word here.”
Sir Keir Starmer in Essex today (Image: PA )
29 mins ago12:11 Richard Ashmore
Millions vote in European Parliament elections due to finish today
Tens of millions across the European Union will vote today in EU parliamentary elections in a massive exercise of democracy that is expected to shift the bloc to the right and redirect its future.
The war in Ukraine, migration, and the impact of climate policy on farmers are some of the issues weighing on voters’ minds as they cast ballots to elect 720 members of the European Parliament.
Surveys suggest that mainstream and pro-European parties will retain their majority in parliament, but they will lose seats to hard right parties like those led by Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, Hungarian leader Viktor Orban, Geert Wilders in the Netherlands and Marine Le Pen in France.
That would make it harder for Europe to pass legislation and could at times paralyse decision-making in the world’s biggest trading bloc.
EU lawmakers have a say in issues from financial rules to climate and agriculture policy. They approve the EU budget, which bankrolls priorities including infrastructure projects, farm subsidies and aid delivered to Ukraine. And they hold a veto over the appointment of the powerful EU commission.
This elections come at a testing time for voter confidence in a bloc of some 450 million people. Over the last five years, the EU has been shaken by the coronavirus pandemic, an economic slump and an energy crisis fueled by the biggest land conflict in Europe since the Second World War.
Sunday’s voting marathon winds up a four-day election cycle that began in the Netherlands on Thursday.
1 hour ago11:21 Richard Ashmore
Former SNP leader Alex Salmond claims his ALBA part will ‘make its mark’ this election
Alex Salmond’s Alba Party will “make its mark” at the General Election, the former first minister of Scotland has said.
The Alba leader took aim at his former party the SNP, claiming it has a lack of strategy to achieve Scottish independence.
Speaking on BBC Scotland’s The Sunday Show, he said Alba is “credible” with “excellent prospects”, adding: “I think we’re going to do great and we are going to have substantial results in a number seats.
“You’ll see Alba making its mark at this election.”
Mr Salmond confirmed earlier this week that he is not standing for election himself, instead setting his sights on the Scottish Parliament in 2026.
2 hours ago10:58 Richard Ashmore
Lib Dems pledge £2 pay rise will fight care worker shortage
A £2 hourly pay rise could help tackle the care worker shortage, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has said.
He told the Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips programme: “If you paid this extra money to care workers, I think people would make a choice of not working in supermarkets or Amazon warehouses and things like that because they would feel that the tough job of being a carer would be properly rewarded.”
Sir Ed, who has previously spoken of his own caring responsibilities for his disabled son, added: “There are millions of people who have similar experiences to me and my family where they are doing a lot of the caring.
“If we support carers who are caring for their loved ones at home, then actually a lot of the caring will be done by families.
“If you are more generous with respite care, with carers’ allowance and helping people into work so they can balance caring and working – we have got a full package so yes, it is about paying care workers better and valuing them more.
“It is also (about) looking after the millions of family carers.”
The Lib Dems want a £2 pay rise for care workers (Image: Getty )
2 hours ago10:21 Richard Ashmore
Nigel Farage defends claim Prime Minister did not understand
Nigel Farage defended his claim that Rishi Sunak‘s early exit from D-Day commemoration events in France demonstrated that he did not understand “our culture”.
Asked if he was trying to highlight Mr Sunak’s British-Asian background, Mr Farage pointed to the contribution made by Commonwealth troops and suggested he was talking about the Prime Minister’s “class” and “privilege”.
The Reform UK leader told BBC1’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme: “I know what your question is leading at – 40% of our contribution in World War One and World War Two came from the Commonwealth.