Tories plot letter from business chiefs in last-ditch bid to turn election tide
Tuesday, 2 July 2024 () The Conservative Party will on Wednesday unveil a letter signed by scores of small business-owners in a last-ditch bid to convince undecided voters that they can be trusted as the stewards of Britain's economy.
Polling stations across the UK opened at 7am, giving millions of voters the chance to decide if the Tory incumbent remains in the top job or the Labour leader enters Downing Street. Opinion polls suggest Labour is on course to secure a big majority in the House of Commons and form a new government. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Thursday's general election could bring the Rwanda deportation plan to a halt. But campaigners warn Labour against mimicking the Conservatives' hard line on migration.
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Labour's Pat McFadden insisted the general election is not a done deal as the party continues to soar ahead of the Conservatives in the polls. "I think it's disrespectful to the electorate to try to call the outcome before voters have gone to the polls," he said. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Sir Keir Starmer insisted "every vote counts" as Labour continue to soar ahead of the Conservatives in opinion polls. Speaking at a campaign event in Wales, the Labour leader said: "We are fighting for every vote and across the country in many constituencies, it will go down to the wire."
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