2024-07-08
Independent Front Page 8th of July 2024
The Independent reports that France has decisively rejected the far right, dealing a significant blow to Marine Le Pen’s ambitions.
The Independent reports that France has decisively rejected the far right, dealing a significant blow to Marine Le Pen’s ambitions.
France has entered a political crisis as the radical left-wing New Popular Front emerged victorious in the parliamentary elections, with no party securing an absolute majority and speculation of a new constitution under President Macron intensifying.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged to improve the economy and expose a £58 billion shortfall in public services attributed to the Tories’ handling of tax.
The Daily Express has launched its own manifesto to hold the Labour Government accountable, with key pledges including boosting growth, revamping the NHS, protecting borders and Brexit, maintaining the pension triple lock, backing women’s rights, saving High Streets, increasing the armed forces, and protecting the countryside.
Labour plans to reintroduce housing targets with an overhaul of planning rules to fulfil a commitment to build 1.5 million homes within five years.
Experts are advising holidaymakers to avoid drinking cold beer by the pool, as the temperature is expected to reach 33°C.
The Chancellor has announced plans to overhaul the nation’s planning system within days in a bid to boost economic growth, indicating that the government will issue mandatory targets to create thousands of new homes and possibly relax planning rules for major infrastructure projects.
A leftwing alliance is on track to become the biggest force in the French parliament for the first time in decades, pushing the far right into third place as exit polls suggest no single group has won an absolute majority.
France’s left-wing alliance is projected to prevent the rise of Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) in the upcoming parliamentary election, with no single bloc on course to govern alone according to recent polls.
The i reports Labour’s first clash with Brussels as the EU aims to ease migration for young people aged 18-30 to the UK for studying, living, and working.