Good evening. Here’s the latest from today.
Reaching Labour’s target for decarbonising the economy will cost “hundreds of billions” of pounds, a shadow minister has disclosed in a recording obtained by The Telegraph.
Elsewhere, Phil Foden has left the England camp to return home and attend the birth of his third child.
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Labour’s net zero plans will cost ‘hundreds of billions’, leaked audio reveals
Darren Jones, the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, said the £28 billion per year originally allocated to Labour’s green investment plan was a “tiny” amount.
He said the fact that Sir Keir Starmer had downgraded his investment plans from £28 billion to £4.7 billion “made it sound as if we basically junked the whole thing but we definitely haven’t” – read the full story here.
Meanwhile, a new poll has predicted that Reform UK will win 18 seats at the general election, the highest forecast for the party to date – follow the latest here.
- Gender | Sunak hits back at Tennant in trans row
- Westminster | Man arrested over honeytrap scandal
- Wes Streeting | I bet on Javid becoming health secretary
- Labour | Suspended candidate bought website for Reeves
- Education | Labour tax raid ‘puts bursaries at risk’, warns ex-headmaster at Sunak’s private school
- Election predictor | Explore how our model forecasts the outcome of the election in your constituency
Debate preview: The final showdown
By Dominic Penna, Political Correspondent
It is the final showdown between Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer tonight in Nottingham, and there is a strong sense that, much like in 1997 and 2001, it is all over bar the shouting.
And yet Sunak was widely seen to have outperformed Starmer in the first debate last month, although at that point the Prime Minister had yet to endure the triple blow of the D-Day row, the rise of Reform and ‘gamblegate’.
He still has it all to do if he is to reverse Tory fortunes and stop Labour from what may well be a bigger majority than that enjoyed by Sir Tony Blair. But Sunak has surprised before – and with Starmer struggling to think on his feet at various points on the campaign trail, tonight might just see him do so again.
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Phil Foden leaves England camp at Euro 2024 for birth of third child
The Manchester City forward has started all three of England’s games at the European Championship including Tuesday’s goalless draw with Slovenia but is now flying back home, the Football Association has confirmed.
Foden is expected to be back for the weekend but may miss a period of the preparations for the weekend fixture – read more.
Evening Briefing: Today’s essential headlines
CPS | The driver of a Land Rover that ploughed into a school in Wimbledon, killing two eight-year-old girls, will face no criminal charges as she had an epileptic seizure at the wheel.
- Health | Hay fever sufferers hit by ‘pollen bomb’
- HMRC | 95,000 people fined despite not owing any tax
- Boeing | Staff demand 40pc pay rise amid 737 Max crisis
- Holly Willoughby | Kidnap plotter had chloroform and shackles ready, court hears
- Crime | Constance Marten and partner found guilty of concealing birth of a child
The 11 things about this photo that spoke to a nation of angry England fans
Sometimes a picture captures the mood of a country perfectly, and such an image was taken shortly after tepid draw with Slovenia.
- England | Lineker and Shearer attack ‘baffling’ decision
- Watch | Ollie Robinson concedes record 43 runs in an over
- Tennis | Score and latest updates from Raducanu vs Pegula
- Oliver Brown | Fans throwing drinks at Southgate makes this feel like his final England chapter
- Special report | Gary Lineker’s podcast empire is raking in millions – at England’s expense
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Comment and analysis
- Martin Howe | Keir Starmer is about to kill the Brexit dream for good
- Madeline Grant | Meet your new Labour MP. You won’t be impressed
- Tim Stanley | Watch out Labour – George Galloway can strip a rifle blindfolded
- Jake Wallis Simons | It’s legitimate to ask whether BMA bigots can be trusted with our health
- Allison Pearson | I salute the nurses who took a stand against this women-have-penises nonsense
Feature of the day
‘The fee was hilarious’: what it really pays to headline Glastonbury
Taylor Swift is spending much of the summer in Britain, but she isn’t she playing its biggest music festival – discover why.
Editor’s choice
- Revealed | The healthiest ice creams – and the ones to avoid
- Property | The overlooked county that is the new commuter favourite
- Fashion | The seven mistakes British people make during a heatwave – and how to avoid them
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