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General election live: Starmer says 'not true' that Abbott barred from standing for Labour - BBC News I see no reason why Diane Abbott can't stand for Labour - Angela Rayner - BBC News
(29 days later)
Tomos Morgan Thanks for following today's coverage as the official five-week election campaign period began. As ever, it was a fairly busy one. Here are the highlights:
BBC News In an exclusive interview with BBC News, former Conservative MP Mark Logan said he will back Labour at the next general election, saying the party could "bring back optimism into British life"
The row continued over whether Diane Abbott will be allowed to run as a Labour candidate, with the party's deputy leader Angela Rayner saying she didn't see any reason why the veteran MP couldn't stand for Labour
Meanwhile, we've heard that Welsh First Minister Vaughan Gething will face a vote of no confidence in the Senedd next Wednesday. Abbott said yesterday that she'd been banned from doing so, but Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said today that "no final decision" had been taken
The Welsh Conservatives have tabled the vote on the first minister after weeks of controversy over donations to his recent leadership campaign. The Conservatives, Labour and Lib Dems all ruled out increasing VAT after the general election
There have also been question marks over Covid-era text messages and the sacking of a minister for allegedly leaking information to the media, something she denies. Both Labour and the Tories said they will keep income tax thresholds frozen until 2028 if they win the general election, meaning taxes will rise for many
For the vote to succeed, Plaid Cymru would have to back it and at least one Labour Senedd member would have to abstain. Rishi Sunak was asked by a man whose mother died during the pandemic how the public can trust him considering he was fined as part of the partygate scandal
Even if he were to lose, the result would not be binding on the first minister but it would put him in a difficult decision. Labour launched its Welsh campaign, while the Green Party of England and Wales and Plaid Cymru also held campaign launch events
You can read all of our political stories and analysis, here. See you tomorrow for more updates.
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