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A Conservative minister has said Labour will get "the largest majority this country has ever seen".

Sky News' deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico's Jack Blanchard are back with their guide to the election day ahead.

He's still got it. Boris Johnson may have left it late before coming to the party - the Conservative Party, that is - but his 11th-hour rallying cry to the Tory faithful was vintage Boris and just like the old days.

Since the prime minister stood in the rain to announce a surprise July election, six weeks have flashed/dragged by.

Boris Johnson has made his first public appearance in the Conservative election campaign to warn voters against electing a Labour government on 4 July.

Finally, after six long weeks, the final 24 hours of campaigning is upon us. Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer will be dashing around the country as they make their final pitch to voters.

Politicians have been courting voters for weeks - but some of those casting a ballot on Thursday won't be backing any candidate.

Former Labour adviser Ayesha Hazarika is back with Beth and Ruth for the last few days of the election campaign.

Labour is planning to push back the summer recess for MPs until the end of July if it wins the election, Sky News understands.

Former DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson is facing further sex offence charges, bringing the total to 18.

Two days before the polls open and there is still a sizeable group of undecided voters on the Sky News YouGov panel.

The Conservative Party will on Wednesday unveil a letter signed by scores of small business-owners in a last-ditch bid to convince undecided voters that they can be trusted as the stewards of Britain's economy.

A Reform candidate has suspended her campaign and defected to the Tories, saying the "vast majority" of others standing for Nigel Farage's party are "racist, misogynistic, and bigoted".

When Sir Keir Starmer said that, if elected into No 10, he would finish work at 6pm on a Friday to spend time with his children - Rishi Sunak retorted by saying he hasn't finished at that time "ever" as prime minister.

Royal Mail has blamed the government for voters not receiving their postal ballots ahead of Thursday's election - and said there is "no backlog".

Sky News' deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico's Jack Blanchard with their guide to the election day ahead.

In December 2019, Boris Johnson led the Conservatives to a historic victory that redrew the map of British politics – winning seats in the north of England and midlands that had been held by Labour for generations.

Hulme Grammar School in Oldham doesn't feel like a bastion of privilege, but the children whose parents pay around £15,000 a year for them to attend are nevertheless among an elite minority.

A government minister has said there should be "no space" for Nigel Farage in the Conservative Party - as he hinted he may run for Rishi Sunak's position after the election.

Sir Keir Starmer said he would be willing to work with Marine Le Pen's far-right party if it wins the French election, saying "that's what serious government is about".

Kemi Badenoch and Suella Braverman have denied being associated with website domains purporting to be for future leadership bids.

Rishi Sunak insisted he has "absolutely not" given up on winning the election despite repeated warnings of a Labour "supermajority".

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) says there's a "conspiracy of silence" at this election - that all of the major political parties aren't being honest enough about their fiscal plans.

This year Sky News' Target Towns has focused on how the people of Grimsby and Cleethorpes are feeling in the run-up to the general election.

A migrant boat artwork by Banksy which appeared at Glastonbury Festival has been labelled "vile" and "not funny" by the home secretary, James Cleverly.

The "deafening silence" on climate change during the election campaign has been criticised by major business group the CBI.

Sky News' deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico's Jack Blanchard are back with their guide to the election day ahead.

Sir Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak are set to begin a frantic final few days of campaigning as polling day rapidly approaches.

"We eat according to price rather than enjoyment," Sarah Bowmer tells me when we meet on the high street of her hometown of Bakewell, Derbyshire.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) says there's a conspiracy of silence this election - that all of the major political parties aren't being honest enough about their fiscal plans this election.