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conservative manifesto launch. last night saw four party leaders grilled by a challenging question time audience on bbc one. rishi sunak was asked about the investigation into alleged bets made by two tory candidates as well as the party's director of campaigning and one of his own close protection officers. the prime minister said he was "incredibly angry" and that anyone with connections to him or the conservative party found to have broken gambling rules "should face the full force of the law." the labour leader sir keir starmer was pushed on his previous support for former leader...

candidate in bristol north west. it is not known when the bet was placed orfor how much money. ms saunders has been approached for comment by the bbc and has not replied. it comes as a police officer, working as part of the prime minister's close protection team, was suspended and later arrested — also over an alleged bet about when the general election would take place. our political correspondent, harry farley, reports. earlier today, i spoke with his majesty the king to request the dissolution of parliament. the king has granted this request and we will have a general election o...

perfect and there was more that needed to be done but he said that every year that the conservatives were in power, they had built more houses than labour did in its previous administrations and we will have to go and fact check that but thatis have to go and fact check that but that is the claim from michael gove this morning and also, finally, on levelling up, i put to him that people from the red wall that did very well under boris johnson�*s people from the red wall that did very well under borisjohnson�*s of look for money for northern communities in particular, they would h...

interest rates have been held at 5.25% for the seventh time in a row by the bank of england, despite the rate of inflation hitting the bank's target level of 2% for the time in three years. of 2% for the first time in three years. economists have predicted that interest rates, which are currently at a 16—year—high, won't be cut until august. with more, here's our chief economics correspondent, dharshini david. ok, so it's four bedrooms... first—time buyerjames has his eye on his dream home in coventry. but getting the keys to the door has been more challenging than expected as ...

good morning from germany where we are waking up with the scotland fans ahead _ are waking up with the scotland fans ahead of— are waking up with the scotland fans ahead of their second match in the european — ahead of their second match in the european championship. will the scotland — european championship. will the scotland party continue? we will find out — scotland party continue? we will find out this morning. it's wednesday, the 19th ofjune. the latest inflation figures will be released this morning, giving an idea of the state of the economy before voters head to the ...