TORIES

• Scrap bad value (1 in 8) university degrees and boost 100,000 apprenticeships instead.
• Starmer has been lying about Diane Abbott decision.
• Keir Starmer’s reckless policy would slash the number of apprenticeships in half – damaging opportunities for young people.
• Topline(s):
  • Tories will stop the taxpayer university rip off.

LABOUR

• Starmer and Streeting visit hospital.
• If Tories win NHS waiting list will hit 10 million.
• Diane Abbott isn’t barred from standing, no decision yet.
• Conservatives’ £71 billion worth of reckless spending will lead to interest rate rises.
• Topline(s):
  • Labour will clear NHS backlog in first Parliament.

LIBDEMS

• Welsh campaign launch with plan for farmers.
•  £1 billion in extra funding for the agriculture budget, re-negotiate overseas trade deals and address worker shortages.
• Ed Davey rides on a bike.
• Topline(s):
  • We have a plan to save British farming.

REFORM

• Rishi won’t debate Farage because he knows Rwanda is a failed plan.
• Long policy interview with The Telegraph.
• Topline(s):
  • Only Reform’s plan can stop the boats and secure our borders.

GREENS

• Labour wants to wants to pay the private sector more, make existing staff work longer hours and squeeze more patients into overcrowded wards.
• Fairer tax is needed to build a health service for the future,
• Topline(s):
  • Labour and the Conservatives aren’t offering real change on health.

Cutting through:

• Abbott row.
• BMA strike.

Latest polls:

YouGov: LAB: 47% (+3) CON: 20% (-2) RFM: 12% (+2) LDM: 9% (=) GRN: 7% (+1) SNP: 3% (=)

JL Partners: LAB: 40% (-1) CON: 28% (+2) RFM: 12% (-1) LDM: 10% (-1) GRN: 5% (=)

Survation: LAB 47% (-1) CON: 24 (-3) LDM: 11 (+3) GRN: 3 (+1) RFM: 8 (=) SNP: 3 (=) OTH: 4 (-)

Redfield and Wilton: LAB: 46% (+1) CON: 23% (=) RFM: 13% (+1) LDM: 9% (-1) GRN: 5% (=) SNP: 3% (+1) OTH: 3% (+2)