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

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
Farage
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
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
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
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
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
***BESTPIX*** Jury Finds Former President Donald Trump Guilty On All 34 Counts In Hush Money Trial
US Politics

Donald Trump conviction: what happens next?

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

31 May 2024
Donald Trump
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
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
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
General Election campaign 2024
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
Rishi Sunak
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
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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
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
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
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
Lib Dems new campaign poster
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
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Politics

Sunak calls general election in huge gamble which stuns Tory MPs

Sir Keir Starmer responded swiftly saying it was time for ‘change’ as both leaders kickstarted their election campaigns

22 May 2024
Politics

PMQs sketch: Sunak and Starmer condemn scandals after infected blood

NHS scandal and sepsis survivor Craig Mackinlay were the talk of the House at Prime Minister’s Questions

22 May 2024