2024 In Politics: A Seismic General Election And Much More

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : The SNP had put forward an opposition day motion calling for "an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Israel" and reacted furiously when the amendments were chosen, accusing Hoyle of breaching convention in an egregious way and calling on him to resign.29 February - Workers Party leader George Galloway won the Rochdale by-election following a controversial campaign centred on Gaza and Labour's position on the Middle East.6 March - Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered the Spring Budget, announcing a cut to National Insurance and a number of tax reforms including scrapping the controversial "non-dom" status.
46% : Sue Gray quit as Starmer's chief of staff and was later replaced by Morgan McSweeney.7 October - The Prime Minister urged all sides in the Middle East to "step back from the brink" and said there is no "military solution" to unrest in the region on the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel.10 October - The Government published its long-awaited Employment Rights Bill in a move to strengthen workers' rights.30 October - Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her first Budget with the promise to "fix the foundations" of the economy.
42% : Spending increases in areas like the NHS were broadly welcomed, but decisions to raise National Insurance for employers and change tax rules for farmers triggered negative headlines.2 November - Kemi Badenoch was elected as the new leader of the Conservative party defeating her rival Robert Jenrick by 53,806 votes to 41,388.
32% : She became the party's fourth female leader following Margaret Thatcher, May and Truss.4 November - Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson announced that university tuition fees would rise to £9,535 per year in line with inflation in 2025, saying the Labour Government had inherited "the consequences of long years of shameful abdication of responsibility" from the previous Tory government.5 November - Westminster watched as across the Atlantic Donald Trump beat Democratic Kamala Harris in the US presidential election to secure a return to the White House.29 November - Louise Haigh resigned as transport secretary after it emerged that she had a fraud conviction connected with misleading the police over a mobile phone.

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