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There should have been a line between the Tory approach and the rightwing demagogue’s but, foolishly, the PM dissolved it, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The two men clash over tax, health and the cost of living in fractious debate that failed to land any knockout blows.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer sparred Tuesday over tax, the cost of living and the country’s creaking health system in an inconclusive televised debate ahead of a July 4 election expected to make one of them the country's next leader.

As it turned out, after stealing the limelight on the day, the man most notable by his absence at the first leaders’ TV debate of the 2024 election campaign was never even mentioned by name. Only in his closing statement did the prime minister find it necessary to aim an…

The Independent takes you behind the scenes in the so-called spin room where Labour and the Tories sought to convince the travelling press that it was their candidate that won it

Exclusive: Rishi Sunak narrowly won the Yougov poll reacting to the debate but failed to win over many Tory members

Nigel Farage is director and majority shareholder of Reform UK - which he insists will ‘democratise over time’

Rish!, under pressure, got snippy, continually talking over Starmer. It was a terrible look

PM aims to use key committee seat for leverage with crossbenchers; Djokovic drops out of French Open

Upcoming UK prime ministerial debate, Farage's challenge, and key issues discussed in British politics.

Exclusive: A late bid was made to broker a deal between Sunak and Reform which could have saved scores of Tory MPs