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Watch live as Rishi Sunak faces Keir Starmer in second general election debate

Watch live as Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer face off in a second leaders’ debate, hosted by Sky News, on Wednesday 12 June.

The Independent UK

Name your winner as Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak set out their election promises to Sky’s Beth Rigby

We want to know if hearing from Mr Sunak and Sir Keir for a second time has changed your opinion on either party. Who was your winner tonight?

The Independent UK

General Election 2024: Starmer quizzed on tax as Sunak 'incredibly sad' over D-Day furore in TV grilling

The leaders are sitting down for cross-examinations of their pledges

Evening Standard

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Labour’s plan for nursery places is great – in theory

Letters: Iain Dalton urges Leeds’s Labour-led council to reconsider nursery closures, while Anne-Louise Crocker and Emily Brookes wonder where new staff for the promised 100,000 extra places will come from

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak declares he has not given up after minister warns of Labour ‘supermajority’

Defence secretary Grant Shapps effectively concedes defeat forcing the prime minister to say he still believes the Tories can win election

The Independent UK

Who should hold the next prime minister to account? Our best hope lies with the Green party

The party’s manifesto, which pledges to use a wealth tax to revitalise our public services, shows it can push Labour to raise its ambitions, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

Campaign catchup: Defeatist Tories, cautious Greens, and the leader who really loves cars

In today’s newsletter: Explaining the strategy behind Grant Shapps’ warning of a Labour ‘supermajority’

The Guardian - UK

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'Fantastic': Scots give priceless responses to General Election in live Sky News clip

SCOTS shoppers gave a series of priceless reactions when questioned about their views on Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak live on Sky News on Wednesday…

The National (Scotland)

Fifty Labour members quit over 'unfair' deselection of Faiza Shaheen in northeast London

Ms Shaheen was barred from standing after liking a series of posts online that allegedly downplayed antisemitism allegations

Evening Standard

SNP issue warning after energy giant quits North Sea project over Labour plans

THE SNP have issued a warning to the Labour Party after an energy giant pulled out of a North Sea project due to “negative political…

The National (Scotland)

Conservative manifesto puts home ownership up top – but ignores housing affordability

At the first UK general election debate between the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, and the leader of the opposition, Keir Starmer, Sunak claimed his government had “delivered 1 million new homes”.

The Conversation

Why is nobody talking about Brexit in the UK election?

The once defining issue in British politics has barely featured in this summer’s campaign

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer ally Louise Haigh defends Labour leader's jibe at Jeremy Corbyn manifesto from 2019

Shadow transport secretary says: ‘That was the worst election defeat we'd suffered in our history. And we've learned from those lessons.’

Evening Standard

Tories fighting to prevent Labour winning ‘supermajority’, says Shapps

Defence secretary says even bigger win than 1997 landslide would be ‘very bad news’ for country

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The Guardian - UK

General election TV Q&A: Sunak refuses to accept tax burden will definitely rise during next parliament – as it happened

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Evening Standard

Tories appear to admit election defeat as Cabinet minister pleads: Don't give Keir Starmer a 'super majority'

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps argued if Labour gets a majority ‘of the size of Blairs or even bigger’ it would place Britain in a ‘dangerous place’

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak went without ‘lots of things’ including Sky TV as a child

PM recalls his parents’ sacrifices for his education in interview recorded after his return from D-day celebrations

The Conversation

Lib Dem proposals take social care reform seriously – but doubts remain over how they’d pay for it

Despite the fact that it is central to so many people’s lives, too often, social care is an afterthought for UK political parties. In the first TV debate of the 2024 general election, Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer devoted only 36 seconds to this issue.

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Evening Standard

Nigel Farage's Reform to leapfrog Tories into second place in key Red Wall seat of Hartlepool - survey

Hartlepool was the site of Boris Johnson’s greatest victory in 2021 before his premiership fell apart

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s Conservative manifesto: Do the costs and savings add up?

It remains to be seen whether the prime minister’s plans will be enough to overturn a 21-point gap between the Tories and Labour in the polls

Evening Standard

Reform blame BBC for postponement of Nigel Farage interview

A senior party source claimed broadcaster had not approached Reform leader

The Guardian - UK

Labour candidate in Liverpool criticises Starmer for advert on Sun homepage

Kim Johnson said city, much of which still boycotts paper over false Hillsborough reporting, would be disappointed in Labour

Evening Standard

OPINION - In a display of brute rhetorical bravado, Starmer criticises Sunak's 'Corbyn-style' manifesto

Less than two weeks before the 2016 Iowa caucus, Donald Trump sought to demonstrate his supreme confidence in the loyalty of his followers.

Evening Standard

General Election 2024 result: Who is my MP? Keir Starmer holds Holborn and St Pancras

General election 2024 results for Holborn and St Pancras

The National (Scotland)

'Off the charts dishonesty': Keir Starmer blasted over 'Corbyn-style' jibe at Tories

KEIR Starmer has been blasted for “off the charts dishonesty” after comparing the Tory manifesto to the Labour manifesto he campaigned on five…

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