LIVE General election TV debate LIVE: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer to go head-to-head in ITV clash for the keys to Downing Street - latest updates and build-up By Jamie Bullen Published: 18:01, 4 June 2024 | Updated: 20:33, 4 June 2024 e-mail 95 View comments Advertisement Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer will go head-to-head tonight in the first televised leaders debate of the 2024 general election campaign. ITV presenter Julie Etchingham is moderating the hour-long showdown between the men vying to be the Prime Minister in front of a live studio audience in Salford, Greater Manchester at 9pm. The debate is the first in a series taking place on ITV and the BBC in the coming weeks before the country goes to the polls on July 4.
Follow MailOnline's live coverage below and join in the conversation in our comments section 19:33 Tory 'chaos' vs 'Sir Flip-Flop' Tonight's debate is likely to see plenty of personal attacks from both the PM and Sir Keir. Mr Sunak will seek to portray the Labour leader as a 'left lawyer' who would undermine Britain's economic and national security. He could also use the Tory moniker of 'Sir Flip-Flop' for the Labour leader, after Sir Keir ditched many of the pledges he ran for his party's leadership on.
The PM will be expected to make frequent references to Sir Keir's past membership of Mr Corbyn's shadow cabinet. But the Labour leader will also try to link Mr Sunak to his immediate predecessor, by focusing on the 'chaos' of Ms Truss's spell in No10. .
