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Nigel Farage taunted Rishi Sunak by channelling a song from rapper Eminem.Sitting in the back of his car, the beaming Reform UK leader was seen listening to the US singer’s 2002 track “Without Me” before repeating the lyrics “Guess who’s back”.The video, posted to X, tags one individual: The prime minister.It comes after a YouGov survey had Mr Farage’s party at 19 per cent and the Conservatives on 18 per cent in voting intention, in the latest blow to Tory hopes of returning to government. More

A Conservative minister ruled out doing a deal with the Reform Party despite falling behind them in a poll for the first time.Bim Afolami, the economic secretary to the Treasury, was quizzed by Sky News presenter Anna Jones on if the Conservative Party would consider a deal with Reform. A YouGov survey has Nigel Farage’s party on 19 per cent, ahead of the Conservatives on 18 per cent. “I am not worried about it, it is one poll,” Mr Afolami said in response.”In that one poll, it shows that if you do not vote Conservative if you are a Conservative-minded person, a vote for Reform is a vote for Keir Starmer.” More

SNP’s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn grilled Daisy Cooper, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, over their record on tuition fees during Thursday evening’s debate.As the discussion turned to the “crisis” in the UK’s education system, Mr Flynn pointed out that university fees in Scotland are far lower than in England, and asked Ms Cooper if she believes in “free tuition”.“On the point of tuition fees, we were punished for that, that is democracy,” she responded, referencing the 2015 election result that saw the end of the coalition between the Conservatives and Lib Dems. More

Nigel Farage drew laughter from the audience as he insisted he has “always told the truth” in ITV’s debate on Thursday evening (13 June).The Reform UK leader claimed that other representatives in the debate – which included Penny Mordauntand Angela Rayner – had “lied to us repeatedly” over migration.“I’ve always told the truth,” he added, sparking laughs from the audience.ITV’s debate unfolded minutes after a new YouGov poll suggested Reform has overtaken the Conservatives for the first time ahead of next month’s general election.In the survey, Mr Farage’s party were put on 19 per cent, ahead of the Tories on 18 per cent. More

Reform UK unveiled their party political broadcast on Thursday night (13 June) with no audio and the same six words on-screen for four minutes.The text read: “Britain is Broken. Britain Needs Reform.”Reform leader Nigel Farage tweeted the same video, reassuring those who watched the broadcast that their “TV isn’t broken”.The message aired on the same evening that a new YouGov poll suggested the party has overtaken the Conservatives for the first time ahead of next month’s general election.In the survey, Reform were put on 19 per cent, ahead of the Tories on 18 per cent.Labour remained top on 37 per cent. More

Sir Keir Starmer has launched the Labour Party’s 2024 general election manifesto, telling voters they had the chance to “turn the page decisively” on 14 years of “Conservative chaos.”The manifesto did not contain any surprise announcements beyond what the party had already set out.Thursday’s (13 June) event confirmed promises such as Labour’s plans to raise £7bn in taxes, build 1.5 million new homes and reform the planning system, and create state-owned clean energy generation firm Great British Energy.Here, The Independent takes a look at the key policies included in Labour’s document. More

Watch as Sir Ed Davey takes on an assault course near Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent on Thursday 13 June.The latest stop of his campaign tour saw the Liberal Democrats leader scramble under and over wooden obstacles, balance on bridges and tumble over tyres.A local named Peter, who owns the course and nearby farmland, showed the politician how to navigate the obstacles before a “friendly competition”.When asked if he had practised the course by journalists at the event, Sir Ed chuckled back: “Does it look like I’ve practised?” More

Dawn Butler has released a video of herself rapping to mark the three-week countdown to the general election.The Labour candidate, battling for the Brent East seat, shared a clip of herself singing over a remixed version of “21 Seconds” by So Solid Crew.“We’ve got 21 days to go,” Ms Butler sings, before referencing Rishi Sunak’s D-Day blunder and labelling previous Tory prime ministers “corrupt”.“Vote for Labour. Vote for me as your MP for Brent East on Thursday 4th July,” she wrote alongside the video on Thursday 13 June.The clip has already been viewed nearly 500,000 times. More