ITV Lands First UK General Election Debate Between Rishi Sunak & Keir Starmer

John Swinney has challenged Scottish Labour to stand up to Keir Starmer in demanding an end to the two-child benefit cap.

The Bolton South and Walkden candidates for this year’s general election have been confirmed.

The Bolton West candidates for this year’s general election have been confirmed.

The Bolton North East candidates for this year’s general election have been confirmed.

Seven major political parties will battle it out tonight in the first of the BBC's televised general election debates.

Keir Starmer has accused Rishi Sunak of "deliberately lying" over claims that Labour would raise taxes by £2,000.

Last night’s first general election debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer was watched by an average of 4.8M viewers, falling more than 2M behind the previous debate in 2019.

During the first televised General Election debate on ITV on Tuesday night between Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister warned that “for the first time in our country’s history, if Labour are elected, pensioners will pay tax.”

George Galloway says it is 'completely wrong' that he has not been invited to take part in televised general election debates. The Workers Party of Britain leader, who became Rochdale's MP earlier this year following a by-election, says he should be included.

Whoever wins the general election, with record numbers of people on the NHS waiting lists, a broken social care system, and stubbornly high energy bills, the next Prime Minister is going to have to make some "tough" choices if they are to fix the problems facing Britain. But at ITV's first televised debate of the general election, Martin Lewis did not think "the real question" had been answered.

It has been nearly 80 years since Stalybridge and Hyde were not represented by Labour in Parliament.

Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak will go head-to-head tonight in the first UK leadership debate of the 2024 general election campaign.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he is aiming to ‘bring immigration down’ to levels seen while Britain was an EU member during a visit to Brexit-backing Bolton.

Labour has committed to renewing the nuclear deterrent based on the Clyde.

EXCLUSIVE: David Hare, one of the UK’s foremost playwrights and a double Oscar nominee, is in an unsparing mood about the state of UK politics. This comes as leaders of the country’s two major parties parry in the cut and thrust of the July 4 general election.

The BBC has followed ITV’s lead by unveiling its plan for a general election debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.

On Thursday July 4, Britain will get to vote for the first time since 2019 on which party should lead the country.

Leading Black British stars, writers and execs have become the latest to criticize the Labour Party for its controversial mishandling of a row involving the UK’s first ever Black female MP.

Sunak v Starmer: The ITV Debate – will be moderated by presenter Julie Etchingham, who also hosted debates in 2015, 2017 and 2019.ITV said it also planned to broadcast an interview programme with other party leaders and a multi-party debate.Michael Jermey, ITV’s director of news and current affairs, said: “Millions of viewers value the election debates. They provide a chance to see and hear the party leaders set out their pitch to the country, debate directly with each other and take questions from voters.“ITV is pleased to be broadcasting the first debate in this year’s election campaign.”Other broadcasters, including the BBC, Channel 4 and Sky News, have not yet announced plans for any televised debates.

Naman Ramachandran Aspiring Prime Ministerial candidate Keir Starmer of the opposition Labour Party will face incumbent Rishi Sunak of the Conservative Party in the first televized debate of the upcoming U.K. general election. The polls are scheduled to take place on July 4.