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Joe Biden will debate Donald Trump in September as planned, his advisers have said, defying calls for the president to drop out of the race. Meanwhile, Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, is being touted as a leading contender to replace Mr Biden should the 81-year-old stand aside.
Elsewhere, we reveal that Sir Keir Starmer’s planned VAT raid on private schools is likely to breach human rights law.
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Google News Biden will debate Trump in September, president’s advisers insist
Following the president’s poor performance in Thursday’s TV debate, the Democrat party entered panic mode with party donors turning on Mr Biden. According to poll averages, the race is neck-and-neck overall, but Trump is slightly ahead in the swing states – follow live updates here.
Google News Gavin Newsom among leading candidates to replace president as Democrats scramble
The 56-year-old Left-winger was mobbed by reporters after the debate ended, with many asking if he would step in for the ailing president.
Mr Newsom, who has the best odds to win the 2024 election of any alternative candidate, attempted to swat aside the question, saying the rumours were “unhelpful” and “unnecessary”.
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Google News Labour’s private school tax raid ‘likely illegal’
The Labour leader risks falling foul of European Court of Human Rights law over his party’s flagship policy, one of Britain’s top constitutional and human rights lawyers has warned.
Lord Pannick told The Telegraph: “It would be strongly arguable that for a new government to impose VAT on independent schools would breach the right to education.”
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- Crime | Police arrest 27 Just Stop Oil organisers
- Money | Tories’ 14-year tax raid on pensioners laid bare
- Netanyahu | Britain issues legal challenge to ICC warrant
- Wales | Driver who killed motorcyclist ‘blinded by tall roadside grass’, inquest hears
- Post Office | Finance chief to be paid most of £300k salary for years after exit
Google News Emily Eavis defends Glastonbury’s ‘pop’ headliners
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Source Link: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/28/friday-evening-news-briefing-biden-under-pressure-to-quit/
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