INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES au NEWSLETTER SIGNUP My account Log Out Jun 05, 7:15 AM AEST Business News Sports Technology Entertainment NEWSLETTER My account Log Out Australia edition Business News Sports Technology Entertainment Editions Australia India International Singapore United Kingdom United States NEWSLETTER Follow Us Editions Australia India International Singapore United Kingdom United States Politics & Policy UK Leaders Clash In TV Debate As Farage Enters Election Fray By Oli SCARFF with Peter HUTCHISON in London Published 06/05/24 AT 7:15 AM AEST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share on Pocket Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer will face off in the first televised debate of the 2024 UK general election AFP The leaders of Britain's two main political parties faced off in the first live TV debate of the general election campaign on Tuesday, a month before voters go to the polls and with predictions of a record win for the main opposition Labour party. Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he had "a clear plan for a more secure future" while Labour leader Keir Starmer said he wanted the country's backing on July 4 to "change our country". "Beyond raising your taxes and raiding your pensions, no one knows what Labour would actually do," said a combative Sunak, as he fought to try to inject life into his party's faltering campaign.
Starmer -- whose huge poll lead meant he had more to lose from the debate -- insi.
