The two leaders traded blows on taxes, NHS waiting lists and immigration as they went head to head on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer during the ITV General Election debate
Meanwhile, the Labour leader questioned the timing of the election, accusing Mr Sunak of calling a summer polling day because he “knows” inflation and energy prices will take a turn for the worse later in the year.Sir Keir mockingly dubbed the Prime Minister “the British expert on tax rises” after Mr Sunak’s repeated his insistence that Sir Keir would increase the burden.
Mr Sunak then blamed industrial action, eliciting groans from the crowd and prompting his rival to hit back: “It’s somebody else’s fault.” Elsehwere, Mr Sunak offered his strongest suggestion yet that he could be willing to leave the European Convention on Human Rights if the Government’s stalled Rwanda deportation plan remains blocked by the courts.
“Every week when I’m out and about, someone comes up to me and tells me how furlough saved their family, saved their home, because that’s who I am,” he said.
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