ITV to air first general election leaders’ debate next week

Labour is on course for a 262-seat majority, analysis by pollster Survation has suggested.

The Hollywood Basic Crafts have officially wrapped the first week of negotiations on a new three-year agreement with the studios.

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.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer clashed repeatedly during the first televised election debate of 2024, with the Conservative leader going on the attack, claiming that Labour would raise taxes by £2000 and even start taxing people claiming the State Pension. However, this was almost immediately refuted by pensions experts.

Viewers of the ITV General Election debate between Sir Keir Starmer and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak slammed the head to head as 'chaotic' and 'pointless' on Tuesday night (June 4).

Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had anticipated. Far from the pre-election sloganeering that predicted 400 seats out of 543 in India‘s lower house of parliament, the Lok Sabha, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) managed 294, more than the 272 required to form the next government. The number was significantly lower than the 353 the alliance secured in the 2019 general election.

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

Anas Sarwar and John Swinney have clashed in a fiery general election debate.

Nigel Farage has said he will stand as the Reform UK parliamentary candidate for Clacton, Essex, in the General Election.

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.

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.

Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer will go head to head in the first televised leaders' debate of the General Election campaign next week.

ITV has come out the blocks first with its head-to-head election debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.

The first episode of Clive Myrie's Caribbean Adventure, saw the BBC newsreader, 59, reunite with his elder sister Judith, who has recently relocated to Jamaica, where there family emigrated from to the UK. Clive and Judith's parents were part of the Windrush generation and relocated to the UK for work opportunities, and had originally only planned to stay for five years, leaving Judith back in Jamaica with her grandmother.

John Swinney has said he should be invited to take part in all TV debates involving party leaders during the general election campaign.

The BBC has set its election night coverage for the July 4 poll as broadcasters battle to secure debates with Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer as soon as possible.

Fears over the future of the UK’s film and high-end TV inquiry have emerged due to the upcoming general election.

Channel 4 and The Rest is Politics have struck a first-of-its-kind deal that will see episodes of the smash hit podcast air on the network in the run up to the general election.

Keir Starmer used the Scottish Labour general election launch to promise a review of the Tory rape clause if he becomes Prime Minister.