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Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak’s last election debate: their final pitch assessed by experts

The BBC has hosted the final head-to-head debate between Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer with eight days to go until election day. Here, academic experts help us decipher the two men’s claims about each other, defences of their own records – and the disputes that at…

The Conversation · Jun 26, 2024

Starmer accuses Sunak of using trans issues as ‘political football’

Labour leader said he would treat trans people with ‘dignity and respect’ and accused prime minister of seeking to ‘divide people’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2024

There was one burst of excitement in the BBC debate’s spin room, when we realised it was all almost over

There was one big moment of behind-the-scenes excitement, when the lights went on and journalists realised it was all almost over

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2024

Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak clash over small boats and betting in final TV debate before polling day

Poll finds 30% of viewers thought Rishi Sunak exceeded expectations in the debate - but more people thought Sir Keir Starmer was the overall winner

Evening Standard · Jun 26, 2024

Anger over Keir Starmer's Bangladesh remarks as councillor quits and Labour MP candidates issue statements

Sir Keir Starmer says he didn’t mean to ‘cause any concern or offence’

Evening Standard · Jun 26, 2024

UK's Sunak and Starmer struggle to be heard as noisy protest mars their final election debate

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer have struggled to get their messages across to voters as protesters threatened to drown out their final televised debate of the U.K. election campaign

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2024

Sunak, Starmer Clash In Final TV Debate Before Election

The two men bidding to be British prime minister faced off late on Wednesday in the last head-to-head TV debate before the country's general election next week.

International Business Times · Jun 26, 2024

'Where is our humanity?': Humza Yousaf urges Labour to recognise Palestine

HUMZA Yousaf has said Labour would be guilty of a "betrayal" if they failed to recognise the state of Palestine after winning the General…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 26, 2024

Starmer distances himself from David Tennant over Badenoch comments

Actor criticised Kemi Badenoch’s views on sex and gender and said she should ‘shut up’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2024

Labour ‘not putting up a fight’ against Farage in Clacton

Labour officials said to be upset that Jovan Owusu-Nepaul was gaining traction for viral social media posts

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2024