UK general election 2024 live: MPs in mass exodus, as leaders campaign around UK

David Graham

12 months ago

UK general election 2024 live: MPs in mass exodus, as leaders campaign around UK – BBC News

Summary

Cabinet minister Michael Gove is to stand down at the election he has announced
Around one in five MPs say they are stepping down ahead of the general election on 4 July
More than 70 Conservative MPs will not be seeking re-election, along with more than 20 from Labour and nine from the SNP
On day two of the election campaign, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited Northern Ireland while Labour leader Keir Starmer launched his party’s Scottish campaign
Sunak says a fall in the energy price cap is another sign the economy has “turned a corner”
But Starmer tells an event in Glasgow that only Labour can “stop the chaos”
Speaking to the BBC earlier, Starmer said his party is only making commitments they “know they can fulfil”
And on abolishing tuition fees – which he backed when running for Labour leader – he said he can’t, because cutting NHS waiting lists is the priority