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Seven political parties will pitch to voters tonight in a televised BBC debate in the first of its kind this general election campaign.
Penny Mordaunt for the Conservative Cabinet minister Penny Mordaunt, Labour‘s deputy Angela Rayner and Reform leader Nigel Farage will debate leading figures from the Liberal Democrats, SNP, Green Party and Plaid Cymru over 90 minutes.
The first multi-party debate comes less than a month before voters go to the polls on July 4.
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Analysis: Let the battle commence!
Moving on to the NHS…
Under the Conservatives health and social care services have been driven into the ground.
Across all of our policies we will not tax struggling family during the cost of living crisis but we will be taxing the big companies.
I was a disabled man and I would not be here today without the wonderful treatment from the NHS.
Shouting match kicks off between Mordaunt and Rayner
Mordaunt defends Sunak leaving D-Day celebrations
What happened was completely wrong and the Prime Minister has rightly apologised for that, apologised to veterans but also to all of us, because he was representing all of us.
I’m from Portsmouth, I’ve also been defence secretary and my wish at the end of this week is that all of our veterans feel completely treasured. And I’m hoping tonight to convince you of some of the things that are important to them.
Debate kicks off on defence and D-Day scandal
In what is a very insecure world at the moment. First of all Labour’s committed to the triple lock on the nuclear deterrent, especially in the climate they’re in… and we will continue with the upgrades.
We will have a commitment to the 2.5 per cent spending of GDP, and one of the other things that is a real scandal at the moment is the Armed Forces and the accommodation they’re given.
‘A vote for any other party is a vote to hand Keir Starmer the keys to No10’, says Tory spokeswoman
In this election, the choice is clear – the Conservative Party, who have a clear plan and are taking bold action needed to deliver a secure future, or Keir Starmer’s Labour Party – which has no plan whatsoever.
There are only two people who will be Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, or Keir Starmer. A vote for any other party is a vote to hand Keir Starmer the keys to No10.
This is the man who will pick the British public’s pockets from day 1, with a £2,094 tax bombshell on working families and raiding pensioners’ hard-earned savings with his Retirement Tax.
Labour will take us right back to square one, and only a vote for the Conservatives can stop that.
Watch: Political party leaders arrive for big BBC election debate
Not long to go…
Labour hits out at Tory chaos on social media
Labour’s National Campaign Coordinator: ‘Conservative in choas’
Tonight the British people will witness the choice at this election: five more years of chaos with the Conservatives or change with the Labour Party.
The Conservatives’ campaign is in chaos. While Rishi Sunak’s scatter-gun approach is the latest sign of his desperation, Keir Starmer is offering a credible plan to change Britain.
On 4 July, the British people will have the chance to vote for change. To stop the chaos, turn the page and start to rebuild our country.
Reform MP Lee Anderson voices his support for Farage
Watch: Squirming Rishi Sunak apologises AGAIN for leaving D-Day events early amid huge Tory backlash
Breakdown of the Big Three
Read: Why Rishi Sunak NEEDS to win over Boomers to stop Keir Starmer storming No10
Cool, calm, collected: Speakers arrive at BBC Studios for debate
Breaking:Unite did not endorse Labour’s election manifesto
Scottish National Party representative: Stephen Flynn
Nigel’s ready to go
Carla Denyer represents the Greens
Watch: Rishi Sunak heckled in Wiltshire
The country’s not stupid Rishi!
Daisy Cooper arrives to represent the Lib Dems
Reform UK speaker Nigel Farage
Labour representative: Angela Rayner
The Conservative representative: Penny Mordaunt
Good evening
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