Conservatives pledge to recruit 8,000 new police officers
New police powers to seize knives and recover stolen goods are also being proposed....
Parties pressed over funding of election pledges
Labour and the Tories say their policies are fully funded – but have ruled out major tax rises....
Parties pitch policies ahead of manifesto launches
Labour promise more prison places as the Conservatives pledge mental health support to help people into work....
Sunak’s shocking week makes Tory election fight even tougher
A minister loyal to Rishi Sunak tells BBC there are only two options now: “Lose your head or get on with the campaign”...
Tories set to push permanent stamp duty cut after heated TV debate
It follows a BBC debate where Conservative Penny Mordaunt said Rishi Sunak was “wrong” to leave a D-Day event....
Sunak to pledge first-time buyer stamp duty cut
The Conservatives will hope the move puts their campaign back on track after the PM’s D-Day bluner...
David Cameron falls victim to hoax video call
A Foreign Office spokesperson says David Cameron is “regretting his mistake”....
Seven takeaways from multi-party BBC election debate
D-Day, NHS, tax, immigration – what we learned from the seven parties in the BBC’s first election debate....
Sunak’s D-Day absence: How the PM walked into an election blunder
Rishi Sunak and his team were unaware they had made a blunder until it was too late, writes Joe Pike....
Penny Mordaunt says Rishi Sunak leaving D-Day event was ‘wrong’
Ms Mordaunt said it was right that Rishi Sunak apologised not only to veterans but to the public....