With PM as underdog hoping to use TV debates for comeback, Labour leader is also preparing for election to turn personalWhen the history of Keir Starmer’s resurrection of the Labour party comes to be written, one of the most important turning points will be the decision to start playing the man, not the ball, when it came to Boris Johnson and Partygate.Rishi...

Leader says he is committed to triple lock for UK’s nuclear deterrent and will raise defence spending to 2.5% of GDPKeir Starmer will declare Labour is the “party of national security” as he seeks to switch the focus of the general election campaign to issues of defence.The Labour leader will reaffirm his commitment to a “triple lock” for the UK’s nuclear...

Liberals were split over whether the preselected Amelia Hamer should stand aside if Frydenberg wants to try to win back the seat. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSpeculation is everywhere today that the Victorian Liberal Party may re-do its candidate preselection in the Melbourne seat...

Keir Starmer aims to turn spotlight on Sunak’s career before politics in lead up to first general election TV debateRishi Sunak must face questions about the fortune he earned at a hedge fund which engineered a deal at the heart of the financial crash, Labour has said, as it prepares to launch its first major attack on the prime minister ahead of the...

Despite being asked to clean up after themselves, about 3,000 students celebrating Memorial Day weekend left piles of debrisCollege students celebrating Memorial Day weekend by California’s Shasta Lake left behind hoard of trash, according to US Forest Service officials.Last weekend, approximately 3,000 students from the University of California, Davis...

Rescue teams had worked around the clock looking for a woman in her 30s who was unaccounted for after the blast in WhalanGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastRescuers have found the body of a woman in the rubble of a townhouse in Sydney’s west that collapsed after an explosion on Saturday.NSW police and fire and rescue...