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June 17, 2022updated 30 Sep 2022 11:26am

News diary 20-26 June: Biggest rail strike in a generation and Wakefield by-election

By Foresight News

A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.

With commuters facing maximum disruption for most of next week and entire communities reportedly at risk of being cut off, the political blame game was in full swing as Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer clashed at PMQs amid competing briefings by the government and opposition parties. Describing the walkouts as ‘Labour’s strikes’, the Prime Minister accused Starmer of staying silent while the Labour leader accused Johnson of wanting to ‘feed off the division’ caused by the travel chaos.

The real national bellwether though is the fight facing Boris Johnson in Wakefield – a key red wall target seat that he successfully turned blue three years ago. Imran Khan’s conviction for sexual assault has handed Labour a reported 20-point lead in the Yorkshire constituency, which if translated into votes on the day would leave the Conservatives with a sizeable crack in their northern bulwark as the next general election looms into view.

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