Election latest: Minister says election 'not about the past' as poll suggests Tory wipeout on 4 July
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A new poll suggests the Tories could be left with just 72 seats - less than half the number they won in their worst election in 1906. Transport secretary Mark Harper told Trevor Phillips live on Sky News his party are "fighting for every vote". Nigel Farage will unveil Reform UK's manifesto in Wales tomorrow. A 47-year-old pub manager has registered his establishment as a political party. The Mitre will appear on thousands of ballot papers in Richmond Park in an advertising arranged by Chris French. Labour MP Jo Cox was killed during the Brexit referendum campaign by a far right extremist. Her sister, Kim Leadbeater - who has subsequently been elected as a Labour MP and is contesting this election - has spoken to Sky News to remember her. Nigel Farage is "terrorising" the Conservative Party and Rishi Sunak is afraid to take him on, Labour grandee Lord Mandelson has told Sky News. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has wished the England football team well, ahead of the start of their tournament.

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