Wednesday 26th June - T minus 8

Your bite-size run-down of yesterday's key events

Homeward bound

The day started with news that lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the US Government have struck a plea deal that will allow him to return home to Australia this week, ending his decade-plus legal battle.

Mini-break

Sunak took a brief pause from campaigning to appear alongside the King to welcome Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his wife Empress Masako to London, for their three-day state visit. Their first day included all the traditional pomp and pageantry of a ceremonial welcome on Horse Guards Parade, a carriage procession and a grand banquet at Buckingham Palace.

Sorry saga

The Conservative Party decided to drop Craig Williams and Laura Saunders as parliamentary candidates for the coming General Election. The muddled decision came just 14 hours after Sunak doubled down on his decision to stand by the two hopefuls being investigated by the Gambling Commission. The party now point to their “ongoing internal enquiries” as a reason for the u-turn, but once again it’s too little too late, with the decision coming after a week of damaging headlines and an open goal for Labour. Separately the Met Police confirmed that five more officers are being probed by the Gambling Commission over the saga.

Back to its roots

Scotland’s Daily Record has returned to its roots by endorsing a straight Labour vote in yesterday’s paper. This is the first time it has backed the Party since 2010. It is one of the first newspaper endorsements of the campaign, with others set to make their choices over the next week.

Broken Britain

The Trades Union Congress released shocking new research showing that child poverty in working households has increased by more than 1,300 children a week since 2010 when the Conservative Party came to power. We desperately need a government that will address child poverty and we need to vote tactically to achieve it. Make sure you check out GetVoting.org <[link removed]> to find out how to do so, if you haven’t already.

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