Vuelio General Election Briefing 8th May

As the general election gets underway, we’ve compiled all the news, policy announcements, stakeholder reaction and social media analysis to keep you up to date. Arriving in your inbox on Monday, you’ll have a round-up of the Sunday political shows as well as media analysis, so you can get the full flavour of how the campaigns are going. 

Here’s a quick summary of what happened last week:

• The Conservatives made gains in local elections, while UKIP was left with only one councillor
• Theresa May gave a disastrous performance on Marr, only to be overshadowed by Diane Abbott on LBC
• Both Labour and the Lib-Dems made tax policy announcements, while the Conservatives announced their first manifesto promise, relating to mental health
• The Conservatives have 47% of the vote share based on the most recent polls
• The British Chambers of Commerce, British Medical Association and Institute for Government have all released their own manifestos
• As we can see below, Labour’s pledge to increase police numbers gained the most traction online out of the manifesto announcements so far – although this is most likely in response to Diane Abbott’s LBC performance

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