Nigel Farage has been accused of using Reform UK as a 'vehicle for self-promotion', which the home secretary told Sky News will be a 'painful' discovery for the party's now former leader Richard Tice. Meanwhile, Labour's Keir Starmer admits it's been months since he spoke to Diane Abbott.
It's 12pm - and we're now well into the second full week of the general election campaign.There is just a month to go until polls open across the UK on 4 July.There's been a slower pace so far today, with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak both gearing up for the first televised debate of the campaign tonight.
Over in the Conservative camp, and things have been relatively quiet this morning ahead of Rishi Sunak's debate face-off with his Labour counterpart tonight;We have, however, heard from Home Secretary James Cleverly, who has been reacting to news that new Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will be a candidate in Clacton;He told Sky News that Reform is simply a 'vehicle' for Mr Farage's 'self-promotion'.
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