Rishi Sunak said he is “incredibly sad” about the “hurt” caused by him leaving D-Day commemorations early, while Sir Keir Starmer was quizzed on his tax plans during live interviews on Wednesday evening.
The leaders sat down for 20-minute cross-examinations followed by a Q&A hosted by Sky News in Grimsby.
Sir Keir was up first in the “Battle for Number 10” election special. He was grilled on his party’s tax plans and why he had supported his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn’s ultra leftwing policies at the 2017 and 2019 votes.
He told the audience he “did not want to raise taxes on working people”. But he added that as a high earner himself, he would be “happy” to pay more tax.
On leaving the 80th anniversary of D-Day commemoration early last week, Mr Sunak said: “The last thing that I wanted to do was cause anyone, and particularly our veterans, any hurt or upset.”
It comes as the Prime Minister was forced to insist the general election isn't over, after Grant Shapps discussed the possibility of a Labour winning a "supermajority" at the July 4 vote.
The Defence Secretary was asked about Tory suggestions that the Conservatives could end up with as few as 57 MPs as they trail Labour by around 20 points in the polls.
