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An elections expert has explained how you can still vote in the general election even if you have lost your ID.This election is the first time in the UK that everyone wanting to vote in person will have to show a correct form of photo ID before casting a ballot – this includes a passport, driving licence and blue badge.However, if you have lost your identification, you can apply for an emergency proxy vote until 5pm on Thursday 4 July (polling day).Alex Thomas, programme director at the Institute for Government, explained the process for applying during an appearance on Good Morning Britain. More

Jeremy Corbyn posed outside a polling station in his north London constituency after casting his vote in the general election.The former Labour leader is running as an Independent candidate in Islington North.Mr Corbyn has won the seat for Labour at every general election since 1983, but is no longer a member of the party.He was seen posing with his thumbs up after casting his vote.Earlier on Thursday 4 July, he made an appeal for voters to help his campaign, saying: “We have built this campaign from nothing. We don’t have party machinery. We don’t have big donors. We have something more powerful: people.” More

Sir Keir Starmer made the short journey from his Kentish Town home to the polling station to vote in the Holborn and St Pancras constituency on Thursday 4 July.The Labour leader and his wife, Victoria, arrived on foot and walked hand-in-hand into the hall tucked inside the housing estate to cast their ballots in the general election.A crowd of local residents gathered to watch Sir Keir enter the polling station alongside dozens of national and international media.He left through a back door out of sight of reporters. More

Millions of people across the UK are heading to polling stations to vote in a general election which opinion polls indicate will end 14 years of Conservative government. Rishi Sunak, who has been prime minister since October 2022, is leading the Tory party into the election.His rival in the race for No 10 is Sir Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labour Party.Both politicians have spent the past few weeks trying to convince the British public that they are the right leader to run the country.As Britons cast their votes, The Independent looks at the lesser known facts about the two PM contenders. More

The general election is taking place on Thursday 4 July and hundreds of thousands of people are expected to be voting for the first time.It’s fair to say the polling station can be a little daunting if you’ve not been before, and there are a number of rules you need to follow when casting your ballot.Ahead of the election, it’s important to know the regulations around snapping selfies, tweeting and talking about politics. Here, The Independent takes a look at what you can and can’t do when voting. More

Rishi Sunak’s parents and his wife Akshata Murty joined him for the final stump speech of the general election campaign.The prime minister stood for a photo with his family after giving a speech at Romsey Rugby Club, north of Southampton where he grew up on Wednesday evening (3 July).“This underdog will fight to the final whistle,” Mr Sunak said during his last speech on the trail.The prime minister also urged Tory activists to continue campaigning, claiming they had “urgent work to do” to “save the UK” from a Labour government. More

Boris Johnson’s father Stanley Jonson has admitted he will not be voting for the Conservatives in the general election.Mr Johnson reveals the party he plans to vote for in a video posted on X on Wednesday (3 July) by Liberal Democrat’s candidate for Queen’s Park and Maida Vale in Greater London Helen Baxter.Ms Baxter captioned the video: “I spoke to another Mr Johnson today who told me he was voting @LibDems – we had a long conversation about the negative consequences of #Brexit on our economy and our standing in the world.”Part of the way through the clip, Mr Johnson congratulates Ms Baxter before she asks “Are you voting for me?” More

Nigel Farage has called former prime minister Boris Johnson a “busted flush, a hypocrite and a liar” as he denied that a potential return from his fellow brexiteer to politics would affect his growing support.The Reform UK leader also said that British politics will “break up” in the next five years due to pressure for electoral changes.Mr Farage made his comments during a Reform rally at Clacton Pier in Essex on the eve of the general election (3 July).The Reform leader led crowds at the rally in a chant of “We want our country back” as he said the 2024 election is the “tip of the iceberg” for Reform. More