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Wes Streeting vowed Labour will “clean up the Tory mess” if they win the general election, as he referenced lockdown parties at Downing Street.The shadow health secretary also hit back at the “desperate attack” from the Conservative Party over Sir Keir Starmer’s potential working hours as prime minister.“It’s a disgrace and the stench of their lies and hypocrisy is even more overwhelming than the vomit they left for Downing Street cleaners, and like those cleaners we’ll clean up the Tories’ mess too if we’re given the chance on Thursday,” he told Sky News. More

Rishi Sunak stacked the shelves at a Morrisons supermarket in Oxfordshire while on the general election campaign trail.The prime minister spoke to employees alongside Rami Baitieh, CEO of Morrisons, on Tuesday 2 July.He was then seen filling the shelves with freshly baked bread, before finishing up and asking “are you happy with that?”Mr Sunak made a campaign stop at a Morrisons store near Witney – the former Oxfordshire seat of Lord David Cameron where the Tories won with a 15,200 majority in 2019.He was also quizzed on the price of bread by BBC Breakfast during the visit. More

Jacob Rees-Mogg was spotted driving around his constituency playing “Rule, Britannia!” over the weekend.The former cabinet minister was driving his Jaguar close to his office in Keynsham, Somerset, when he was approached by activist Steve Bray.In footage shared by Mr Bray on social media, the Tory MP is asked “are you going to come back” as he waits at a zebra crossing.“Rule Britannia,” Mr Rees-Mogg responds, before driving off.“Yes, Rule Britannia, we’re patriotic too,” Mr Bray says while holding a sign that reads “Stop the Tories”. More

Adverts reminding voters to bring ID to the polling station have been broadcast ahead of the general election.This year is the first time in the UK that everybody wanting to vote in person at a general election will have to show a correct form of ID before casting a ballot.Not all types of photo ID will be accepted at polling stations, but a passport, driving licence or blue badge are valid.Other forms of permitted ID include an Older Person’s or Disabled Person’s Bus Pass and an identity card bearing the Proof of Age Standards Scheme hologram (a PASS card). More

A Tory minister was immediately challenged by a Sky News presenter after falsely claiming Sir Keir Starmer wants to do a four-day week as prime minister.Health minister Maria Caulfield was questioned about how important a “work-life balance” is during an interview on Tuesday morning (2 July).“Probably what you are alluding to is Keir Starmer saying he’s going to be doing a four-day week and finishing at 6 o’clock every evening,” she responded.Sky News presenter Matt Barbet quickly shut down her claim, clarifying that the Labour leader in fact said he would wish to finish work at 6pm on a Friday to spend time with his children. More

Rishi Sunak confidently answered a question about the price of bread ahead of the general election, but was unsure how much it has risen over the last five years.The question, posed to him on BBC Breakfast on Tuesday morning (2 July), is a tactic used for gauging a politician’s familiarity with the lives of ordinary voters.“It’s £1.35 for the best-selling tiger bloomer that Morrisons here sell,” the prime minister said, with confidence, while standing in the supermarket.However, he stumbled when asked how much the price of bread has risen in recent years.“I don’t have that figure to hand,” Mr Sunak admitted, before he was told it has gone up by 28 per cent. More

Victoria Derbyshire questioned why Chris Philp was “literally making things up” as they clashed over Tory attacks on Labour’s tax policy.Speaking to Newsnight on Monday 1 July, Mr Philp suggested Labour had not “ruled out” a number of tax changes.“Let me pause you there, Labour have ruled out both imposing capital gains tax on people’s homes and reevaluating council tax thresholds. So you’re wrong,” Ms Derbyshire responded.The pair then went back and forth on exactly who within the party had ruled out changes, with Mr Philp repeating the Conservative claim that tax will go up by £2,000 under a Labour government.“Is this how desperate you are now that you are literally making things up?” Ms Derbyshire then asked, a suggestion that Mr Philp claimed was “nonsense”. More