UK Election 2024: The headlines | BBC News

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Here are the UK's general election headlines for Monday, 24 June. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he is not aware of any other Conservative candidates being investigated by the gambling commission in connection with allegations of betting on the date of the UK’s general election. Labour leader Keir Starmer said the Conservative Party investigation into the betting allegations were designed to “knock the story into the long grass” until after the election. The UK's main political parties have “ducked” addressing stark choices over public finances in their manifestos, a leading think tank has warned. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has launched its 2024 election manifesto. SNP leader John Swinney has said Brexit is doing “colossal” damage to the UK’s and Scotland’s economy. The co-leader of the Greens has defended the scale of his party's tax plans, calling them "fairly modest" by European standards in a BBC Panorama interview. Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has pledged to address dangerous NHS wait times in A&E. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #UKElection #BBCNews