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A history of the TV debate in the UK as Sunak and Starmer prepare to face off

As Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer agree to go head to head in the first televised leaders’ debate of the 2024 General Election campaign, here is a history of the TV debate in British electoral history. While the US had their first televised ...

29 May 2024 at 17:06

Sunak and Starmer talk over each other during heated ITV leaders’ debate

Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer have been reprimanded for talking over each other during a fiery ITV leaders’ debate. Host Julie Etchingham had warned the pair to stick to a 45 second per question rule, but repeatedly had to curtail the ...

04 Jun 2024 at 22:42

Opposition policy costings ‘one of grubbiest’ Whitehall processes – ex-mandarin

Opposition policy costings ‘one of grubbiest’ Whitehall processes, says mandarin

Opposition policy costings are among the “grubbiest processes” in Whitehall, a former top mandarin has claimed. Lord Gus O’Donnell has called on ministers to stop asking civil servants to tot up their rival parties’ policy proposals. ...

05 Jun 2024 at 15:50

What is the background to the tax rise row and what do we know now?

Rishi Sunak repeatedly claimed a Labour government would impose tax rises on working households during ITV’s head-to-head debate with Sir Keir Starmer. However, it has emerged a senior official at the Treasury warned the ...

05 Jun 2024 at 11:58

Nigel Farage demands BBC leaders’ debate panel spot

Nigel Farage has demanded a spot on the BBC’s four-way leaders’ debate panel, which Fiona Bruce will host in York next Thursday. The Reform UK leader suggested the broadcaster should feature him in the line-up after a ...

14 Jun 2024 at 18:08

Civil servants should not ‘cost’ opposition policies, peer says

Conservative claims that civil servants are “independent” could put their impartiality at risk, a union chief has warned, as a senior Whitehall expert called on parties to stop asking the Government to tot up their ...

05 Jun 2024 at 11:39

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