Rishi Sunak has said he's 'incredibly angry' about allegations Conservative candidates placed bets on the date of the general election. The prime minister and other party leaders faced voters on a special edition of the BBC's Question Time.
By Megan Harwood-Baynes, digital investigations reporterA Conservative attack ad featuring Sadiq Khan has been pulled from the party's platforms after just one day.The advert, which ran across the Meta sites Facebook and Instagram, said: 'Sadiq Khan wants to divide us', while warning voters 'don't let Sadiq Khan win again'.It encouraged voters to vote for them and not Reform. It ran for one day on 19 June.
He is not running for election again on 4 July.Sky News reached out to the Conservatives to ask why they were running an attack ad against Mr Khan - and why it had been taken down - they did not respond with a comment.It comes as an exclusive poll for Sky News and YouGov shows the Conservative party is on track for a near wipeout, with Labour predicted to take 425 seats - including almost all in London. Reform are projected to return five MPs.
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