Jitendra Joshi

Deputy Political Editor

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Jitendra Joshi is the Deputy Political Editor at the Evening Standard

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Jitendra Joshi is the Deputy Political Editor at the Evening Standard

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Freeze rail fares, say Lib Dems as they go on Home Counties offensive

Sir Ed Davey’s party is seeking to oust Chancellor Jeremy Hunt from his Surrey seat

5 Jun 2024
<p>Jeremy Corbyn is battling Labour’s Praful Nargund in Islington North </p>
Politics

General Election London seats: Who will be my MP in…Islington North

Evening Standard analysis of all the key seats in London for the July 4 General Election

5 Jun 2024
<p>Jeremy Corbyn arrives at Islington Town Hall to hand in his nomination papers for the General Election</p>
Politics

Jeremy Corbyn formalises independent run in Islington North

Former Labour leader also reaffirms his strong backing for veteran ally Diane Abbott

5 Jun 2024
<p>Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak faced off in the ITV debate</p>
Politics

Keir Starmer beat Rishi Sunak by 44% to 39% in ITV debate: Savanta

Labour leader also beat the PM on all the issues, according to new poll

5 Jun 2024
<p>Smoking gun: Nigel Farage pictured on Tuesday morning </p>
Politics

Farage intervention turns heat on Sunak ahead of tonight's TV debate

Tories get personal as Farage U-turn piles on the pressure over Brexit and migration

4 Jun 2024
<p>Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Ed Davey falls into the water while paddleboarding on Windermere, while on the General Election campaign trail</p>
Politics

Lib Dem leader says 'don't take yourself too seriously' amid stunts

Father of disabled son says his new policy pledge to offer free home care is ‘deeply personal’

4 Jun 2024
<p>Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (left) and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will face off in the first televised leaders’ debate of the General Election campaign on ITV at 9pm</p>
Politics

Sunak and Starmer go head-to-head in their first TV debate of campaign

Personal attacks could feature as PM battles to erode the Labour leader’s huge poll lead

4 Jun 2024
<p>Rishi Sunak campaigning in Henley</p>
Politics

Double election blow for Sunak with devastating poll and Farage return

The YouGov survey showed the Conservatives seeing their number of seats in the capital collapsing from 21 to just four

4 Jun 2024
<p>This video grab released in February by the Ministry of Defence shows an unarmed Trident II (D5) ballistic missile being fired from the nuclear submarine HMS Vigilant</p>
Politics

Keir Starmer says ready to press the nuclear button to protect UK

Labour leader insists his team is united on supporting Trident after some frontbenchers voted against its renewal in 2016

3 Jun 2024
<p>Trump is pondering his next moves after his conviction for falsifying business records in New York</p>
US Politics

Donald Trump conviction: what happens next?

ANALYSIS: Jail time unlikely but how will centrist voters see the verdict?

31 May 2024
<p>Trump after his conviction for falsifying business records at Manhattan Criminal Court</p>
Politics

Keir Starmer vows to work with Donald Trump if both win power

Rishi Sunak declined to comment on conviction of former US president in hush money trial

31 May 2024
<p>Diane Abbott (Yui Mok/PA)</p>
Politics

Abbott backed by Rayner and union bosses in growing row for Starmer

Party is racing to fill a national list of would-be MPs by June 7 after Rishi Sunak called a snap election

30 May 2024
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Politics

Labour deselects east London candidate over social media posts

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of ‘culling’ left wing Labour members

30 May 2024
<p>The PM handed out bacon and sausage butties after taking the sleeper train to an election campaign stop in Cornwall</p>
Politics

Rishi Sunak hits trouble in Cornwall over national service funding

Plan to conscript 18-year-olds depends on scrapping a national levelling-up fund that benefits Cornwall and Wales

29 May 2024
<p>Rishi Sunak walks back into 10 Downing Street after his soggy election announcement</p>
Politics

Rishi Sunak's gaffe-prone campaign: It never rains but it pours

From the wet election announcement to questioning about sinking ships, it’s not been smooth sailing so far for the PM

28 May 2024
<p>Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride</p>
Politics

Tories defend campaign vow on pensions dubbed 'laughable' by Labour

Mel Stride also insists proposal for national service at age 18 is a ‘great idea’

28 May 2024
<p>Sunak and Starmer on the campaign trail</p>
Politics

Keir Starmer slams Rishi Sunak's rainy election announcement as 'daft'

Sir Keir mocked the PM’s announcement amid a clash over his Rwanda plan

24 May 2024
<p>Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer</p>
Politics

Starmer refuses to bow to Tory calls for six TV debates with Sunak

Rishi Sunak said there were big issues at stake in the General Election as he pushed for weekly debates

24 May 2024
<p>Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer campaigning on Thursday 

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Politics

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer trade blows as campaigns kick off

First day clashes over the economy and migrants as leaders hit campaign trail

23 May 2024
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Politics

Why is Rishi Sunak going for an election on July 4?

Summer rather than autumn points to damage limitation with Tories still far behind in the polls

23 May 2024
<p>The Liberal Democrats are targeting Tory seats across the ‘Blue Wall’ of southern England</p>
Politics

2024 general election: Lib Dems target Jeremy Hunt in Blue Wall

Labour has its own targets in the Home Counties including Grant Shapps

23 May 2024