Rishi Sunak v Keir Starmer – what did we learn?

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The opening question from Paula is one on the lips of voters in every constituency – she is working herself into the ground but still cannot afford to live, spending weekends batch-cooking to avoid turning on her oven at peak times.

Starmer missed the opportunity 10 times to deny the £2,094 tax rise claim and basically ignored Sunak’s repeating of that figure for the first quarter of the debate – and when he finally engaged with it, he attempted a long explanation which did not start with: “That’s not true.” Labour has a gap in its migration policy which Sunak highlighted – that the Illegal Migration Act makes it impossible for those arriving across the Channel to claim asylum so what would happen to those who arrive?

 

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