• Reuters

    Analysis-Politics and the pound: how the UK election could make or break sterling's run

    Britain's pound has bounced ahead of an expected landslide election win for the opposition Labour Party but the currency's future depends on the next government convincing skittish investors that its plans to fix a stagnant economy are credible. On a trade-weighted basis sterling has returned to levels not seen since 2016's Brexit vote as currency traders bet on a long era of currency volatility driven by tumultuous politics under the ruling Conservative party coming to an end. If Labour wins on July 4, the left-of-centre government will need to keep investors' trust while tackling economic challenges the Conservatives have not solved, more than 20 economists and former government officials said.

  • The Telegraph

    Fans throwing drinks at Gareth Southgate make this feel like his final England chapter

    First they waxed lyrical about his waistcoat, then they threw their pint cups at him. Gareth Southgate has endured some implausible twists of fortune in his eight years managing this maddening England team, but few as downright humiliating as the reception he faced here at the final whistle in Cologne. If he was expecting a chorus of “top of the group, we’re having a laugh”, he was sorely mistaken, with a small number of anything-but-amused supporters greeting this goalless draw against Slovenia

  • The Independent

    Starmer has rebuilt Labour’s trust with Britain’s poorest, new research finds

    Under Jeremy Corbyn Labour was seen as the ‘most out of touch’ party by people on the lowest incomes, now it is the Tories