Rishi Sunak’s hopes of pulling off a surprise victory in the general election appeared to have unravelled on another day in which the Tory campaign was beset by a series of crises.
In the wake of Tuesday’s debate on ITV, which had been crucial for Mr Sunak to start to close Labour’s poll lead of more than 20 points, he was being branded “a liar” by Sir Keir Starmer after the Treasury distanced itself from the prime minister’s allegations about Labour’s tax plans. This came as:
