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      Penny Mordaunt and Angela Rayner clash during live BBC election debate: ‘I won’t take lectures from you’

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      Penny Mordaunt and Angela Rayner became embroiled in a heated clash over defence as the Labour deputy leader claimed: “I won’t take lectures from you”.The candidates were taking part in a BBC live election debate on Friday (7 June), when the subject of the UK’s defence came up.Conservative candidate Ms Mordaunt accused Rayer of voting to end the UK’s nuclear deterrent. She said: “If you are doubting that they would use that force, imagine what Putin is thinking. Without credibility, we become a target. If we become a target we are less safe.”Ms Rayner hit back and told Ms Mordaunt: “You can tell as many lies as you want.”“My brother served in Iraq and I won’t be lectured by you.” More

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      Rishi Sunak laughs as GP heckles him at campaign event

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      Rishi Sunak laughed as he was heckled by a GP at a general election campaign event in Wiltshire on Friday evening (7 June).Dr Jane Lees-Millais, a Conservative member, warned there were 37,000 GPs across the UK angry with the government about what she described as “constructive dismissal” because of funding changes.As Mr Sunak said the UK was “on the right track”, due to economic growth and rising wages, the GP shouted: “But the NHS is disintegrating. I am one of 2,500 GPs in this country who are currently unemployed due to your policies.“What are you going to do about that? More

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      Tory election chaos as more candidates quit in lead up to nominations deadline

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      Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailThe Conservatives’ election campaign was hit by chaos as two candidates announced they were pulling out less than an hour before nominations closed. It is unclear whether the Tories have been able to select a candidate for every constituency in the UK. At least five people on the candidates list have told The Independent that they refused to contest unwinnable seats.Rishi Sunak (PA) More

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      ‘Do you want that one sweetie?’: Rishi Sunak makes ‘ice cream’ with young girl during childcare centre visit

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      Rishi Sunak made sand “ice-cream” cones with children at a childcare centre in Swindon on Friday, 7 June, as he continued on the general election campaign trail.The prime minister met staff and youngsters at Imagination Childcare, and Conservative candidate for Swindon North Justin Tomlinson, as he sought to promote the Tory election offer aimed at helping higher earners keep more of their child benefit.It came after Mr Sunak was forced to make an apology for leaving D-Day commemorations in France early to take part in a TV interview. More

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      Keir Starmer heading for ten years in power, new poll says

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      Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailSir Keir Starmer is set to be prime minister for a decade, Tory supporters want Nigel Farage to succeed Rishi Sunak as leader and many of them fear their party faces extinction.These are among the shock findings of an exclusive poll for The Independent by Redfield and Wilton.It shows that 45 per cent of all voters believe Labour will win not just this election but the next one too. With a parliamentary term lasting up to five years that could see Sir Keir retaining the Downing Street keys until around 2034.Only 19 per cent of the public do not expect Labour to record two successive victories.The poll makes depressing reading for Mr Sunak – but indicates that the rise of Mr Farage, bidding to win his first Commons seat, also has serious implications for Labour.He is the clear choice of both the public, and crucially Conservative supporters, to be next Tory leader if as expected the party loses on July 4 and Mr Sunak resigns.Asked to choose a successor from a list comprising the six current Tory leadership favourites and the Reform Party leader, Mr Farage wins among both groups.Only Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt runs him close.Among the electorate as a whole, 19 per cent want Mr Farage as next Conservative leader, followed by Ms Mordaunt on 15 per cent. None of James Cleverly, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman, Priti Patel and Robert Jenrick polled more than six per cent.Mr Farage is even further ahead with those who voted Conservative in 2019. A total of 22 per cent of this group want him to be next Tory leader, with Ms Mordaunt on 16 per cent and the rest way behind.Nigel Farage has caused a stir by entering the general election campaign (James Manning/PA) More

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      Rishi Sunak accuses critics of ‘politicising’ D-Day after he is forced to apologise for snub

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      Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailRishi Sunak has accused his critics of politicising D-Day after he was forced to make a grovelling apology for leaving the commemorations early to take part in a TV interview.After he was widely criticised for cutting short his visit to France the prime minister conceded he had blundered.“It was a mistake and I apologise,” he said. But he later claimed the events should not be politicised and called for the focus to be on veterans when challenged over his D-Day ceremony snub. Rishi Sunak left 80th anniversary D-day commemorations to record to a TV interview while foreign secretary Lord Cameron remained More

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      Conservatives halt digital ad campaigns after daily spend plunged

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      Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inboxSign up to our free IndyTech newsletterThe Conservative Party has paused its digital advertising on major platforms, having spent tens of thousands of pounds a day in the early period of the election.The party has halted all its campaigns on Google and Meta platforms – which include YouTube, Facebook and Instagram – in a move that may suggest the party is changing its political strategy ahead of the general election on 4 July.As of 7 June, the Conservatives are not spending to promote adverts, according to the tech companies’ transparency platforms. At the end of May, spending peaked, with the party paying out £100,000 in just one day, according to Who Tracks Me, a group that monitors online political advertising.The Conservative Party has not responded to a request for comment on the advertising pause. It comes as Mr Sunak faces considerable criticism for his decision to return to the campaign trail before the end of the D-Day commemoration events in France, which were attended by other world leaders. Rishi Sunak spoke in Portsmouth for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, before facing criticism for missing some events in France. (Neil Hall/PA) More

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      Rishi Sunak urged to give £5m from Tory donor at centre of racism row to veterans’ charity after D Day snub

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      Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailRishi Sunak has been urged to give £5 million from a Tory donor at the centre of a race row to a veterans’ charity. The Liberal Democrats said it was the “least that our veterans and service personnel deserve” after the prime minister made the decision to leave the D-Day commemoration events early on Thursday. Earlier this week it emerged Rishi Sunak accepted an additional £5m from Tory donor Frank Hester, who has been accused of saying Diane Abbott “should be shot”.The money was a major boost to the Tories’ campaign war chest, after Mr Hester donated £10m to the Conservative Party last year, Electoral Commission figures show.Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking during the UK national commemorative event for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, held at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer, Normandy. He later returned early to the UK. (Jane Barlow/PA) More