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    Jeremy Corbyn has pledged to increase public sector pay by 5% if Labour wins the election. The party's radical manifesto, launched in Birmingham today, says all public sector workers would get a pay rise of 5% - an average of £1,643 from April 2020. After 2020, Labour promised to deliver year-on-year above-inflation pay rises...to reward and retain the people who do so much for us all. Labour said the 105-page manifesto was fully costed, as was the Liberal Democrats manifesto launched on Wednesday. Labour says it would raise an additional £82.9bn through a variety of taxes, including increasing income tax for the richest 5% and those earning more than £80,000, raising corporation tax and extending stamp duty reserve tax for financial transactions. Money would als...

    The Prince of Wales advised the Queen that she must effectively sack Prince Andrew to safeguard the long-term future of the monarchy, the Evening Standard has learned. Prince Charles moved decisively to end his brother’s career in public life because of the damage being caused by the Duke of York’s “ill-judged” friendship with paedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein. This is not about personalities, this is about protecting the institution of the monarchy itself, a senior figure said. Officially, Andrew, 59, made the decision to step down from royal duties for the foreseeable future after discussion with senior royals. But sources said he was given no choice as Charles on tour in New Zealand and the Queen felt swift action was needed. After informing the wider roy...

    Undecided voters gave Jeremy Corbyn a 59-41 per cent lead over Boris Johnson as best performer in last night’s ITV general election leaders’ debate, according to details of YouGov polling. The two leaders were tied almost neck-and-neck among viewers overall in the survey, with Mr Johnson edging the contest by 51-49 per cent. But Labour will be heartened by the fact that their leader appears to have gone down better with the potentially crucial swing voters who could decide the outcome of the 12 December general election. Although almost four times as many said they had made up their minds, it is the smaller group of undecideds – making up around 20 per cent of the electorate – who the parties must win over to stand a chance of improving their position on Election D...

    As he took questions from workers at the Teesside factory, one worker asked: "You just said low tax. Do you mean low tax for people like you or low tax for people like us." In response, Mr Johnson appeared to confirm reports he plans to increase the threshold for paying National Insurance from £8,632 to more than £12,000. He said: "I mean low tax for people of the working people." He added: "And if you look at what we're doing and what I've said in the last few days, we're going to be cutting national insurance up to £12,000, we're going to be making sure that we cut business rates for small businesses, we are cutting tax for working people." The Institute for Fiscal studies estimates the policy move would cost £10bn. The Tory leader went on to make an unfounded cl...

    Social media has changed the way businesses work, allowing for direct engagement with users, real-time news updates and a gorgeous curation of images in one place to help establish brand identity 95% of 18-34-year-olds follow a brand via social media (according to Marketing Sherpa). However, like any skill, using social media to build and grow your brand takes practice and savvy which is why we’ve spoken to designers and marketeers for their top tips on how to nail your social presence. One key factor you’ll definitely need? The right software. Adobe Creative Cloud for Teams lets you organise your assets so they’re accessible from any device (you’ll also get 100GB cloud storage per license), plus a library of royalty-free Adobe Stock images at your fingertips. You c...

    Support for the Tories has hit 45 per cent, increasing the party's lead over Labour, according to a new poll. The Conservative Party has seen a steady climb from 42 to 45 per cent from last week, the YouGov survey suggests. This brings the party 17 per cent ahead of Labour, who remain unchanged at 28 per cent. The data is based on the voting intentions of 1,670 adults Brits. Support for the Liberal Democrats remains at 15 per cent and the Brexit party remains at four per cent. The Green Party has dipped one per cent, losing some of their support. Figures come just before the election campaign strides into its fourth week. Prime Minister Boris Johnson began his rally for voters this week by visiting some of the areas in the north of England and knocking on doors i...

    Advanced plans for another centrist political party to be launched after Brexit were developed by MPs earlier this year, it has emerged. Dozens of figures from inside and outside Westminster were involved in the project, designed to go public once a second Brexit referendum was no longer possible. Nick Boles, the former Conservative minister who quit the party over Brexit in April, said he had been constantly in talks about a possible new party and had at one point been confident it would happen. An earlier failed attempt to launch a new party, Brexit delays and the tantalising prospect of a second referendum had stopped it. It’s almost all I’ve been doing, Boles said. I can’t mention names, but it involved some very seriously good people, both MPs and not MPs, bu...