Seven senior political party figures have clashed in this General Election campaign’s first multi-party debate. BBC One’s line-up featured Penny Mordaunt, the Conservatives’ Leader of the House of Commons, Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner, Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper, SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, Plaid Cymru’s Rhun ap Iorwerth, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer and Reform UK’s Nigel Farage. They clashed over D-Day and support for war veterans, immigration and the state of the NHS.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the key moments from Friday night’s debate. – D-Day row rumbles on It all started with the row over the Prime Minister’s decision to leave D-Day commemorations early on Thursday. Angela Rayner (left) and Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt, shake hands after taking part in thedebate (Jeff Overs/PA) The former defence secretary said the issue should not become “a political football” but Reform UK’s Nigel Farage, who went to Normandy himself, replied: “It already is, because the veterans themselves are speaking out saying he’s let the country down.
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on the much-trodden debate over tuition fees, which are capped for Scottish students who want to study there at £1,820 in the 2023/24 academic year, compared with £9,250 in England and Wales. For most Scottish undergraduates, the £1,820 “home fee” is paid by the Student Awards Agency Scotland. A medical student asked the c.
