UK general election: Sunak and Starmer clash over borders, tax and gender in TV debate | BBC News

The leaders of the UK's Conservative and Labour parties faced each other in the final television debate, ahead of the general election on 4 July.

Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer clashed repeatedly on their plans for tax and immigration, while facing audience questions.

They were challenged about integrity in politics in one of the last major set-piece moments before polling day next week.

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[georgechurchill]

The Conservative's record in office...
1. Highest energy bills in Europe.
2. Highest taxes in 70 years.
3. Highest interest rates since 2008.
4. Highest train fares in Europe.
5. Longest waiting lists in NHS history.
6. Raw Tory sewage pumped into rivers.
7. Lowest corporate taxes in 50 years.
8. Lowest State Pension in Europe.
9. Highest Immigration both legal and illegal ever.
10. Destroyed the NHS dentist service.
11. Brexit.
12. One failed Prime Minister after another.
13. Worlds shortest in post Prime Minister which created a financial disaster.
14. More corrupt MP's than any other party in parliament.
15. Europe's longest Austerity for the lower paid.
16. Highest Council Tax rates in the World.
17. Reduced our Armed Forces more than any other G8 country.
18. Highest number of MP's that have been arrested for sexual offences.
19. Highest number of MP's that have been sacked for corruption and Fraudulent acts.
20. Voted to allow Bankers to have unlimited bonus's even though the bankers caused the crash of 2008.
21. More libraries closed due to council cuts than any other modern country.
22. Ruined and destroyed the Train services by giving private companies tax payers money as subsidies.
23. Voted against Labours creation of the minimum wage.
24. Wasted billions of Tax payers money on crony PPE contracts for their friends and other Tory donors.
25. Sold off 600 Police Stations.
26. Sold off our Courthouses.
27. Closed then sold our Fire Stations.
28, Failed to fix - repair our schools.
29. Cut spending on youth services.
30. Court backlog is at record levels
31. Threw 30, 000 pensioners to the wolves during the first wave of the pandemic.
32. Sold off our electrical grid to foreign companies.
33. Failed to build new affordable homes.
34. Wasted billions on HS2.
35. Failed to close Tax Loopholes.
36. Failed to build 40 new hospitals.
37. Failed to repair our crumbling roads.
38. Forced many councils into bankruptcy.
39. Failed to address the 4 million children living in poverty.
40. Cut spending on mental health services.
41. Privatised and sold off the nations Post Office - Gas - Water and Electricity Companies
42. Allowed BP and Shell to steal our Oil and Gas reserves whilst paying little to no taxes. (Norway has a Sovereign Wealth fund of over $1.6 trillion).
43. Sunaks failed RWANDA policy has cost approx 500m.
44. Increased the pension age.
45. Failed promise to end rough sleeping.
46. Failed promise to end Leaseholds.
47. Failed to Ban No Fault Evictions.
48. Failed to ban so-called conversion therapy.
49. Failed in their Levelling up promise.
50. Introduced Voter ID excluding thousands from voting.
51. Introduced the bedroom tax.
52. Forced disabled people to jump through hoops to claim benefits.
53. Britain now has more foodbanks than McDonalds.
54. Tried to implement fracking.
55. Failed to invest in green energy and electric vehicle recharging infrastructure.
56. Our National Debt is now 3 Trillion.
57. Failed to prepare or have sufficient PPE for a Pandemic even when it was No1 on the risk register...
58. Given free reign in Non-Dom billionaires and Media owners to cause societal division and fuel racism.
59. Promoted lunatics like Cruella, Mogg and Patel to high office.
60. Blocked the Russia report.
61. Gave us the highest diesel prices in Europe.
62. Closed and then sold off our onshore gas storage tanks to high end developers making the impact of the invasion of Ukraine worse by increasing the cost of gas.
63. Tripled the cost of University fees for students and locked them in their digs during the pandemic.
64. Grenfell.
65. Windrush.
66. Partygate.
67. G4S Prisons.
68. We are giving 8 million quid a day to landlords for migrant accommodation due to the Home Office go slow policy.
69. Little to no Border checks on goods and foods.
70. Sold the Farmers and Fishermen down the river.
71. Disgracefully breaking the law making bets on the general election date even though they already had insider information. They have no morals.
72. Sunaks disgraceful D-Day debacle. No respect for the fallen.
73. And they brag that they have increased Foodbanks 1000% since 2010 when they took over.
74. Sold the Farmers and Fishermen down the river.
75. Tories DUP £1Bn deal

[Adam-mogf]

Restore trust in politics? What a stupid question. They always ask such irrelevant questions when the country is dying.

[samdog]

They didn’t clash over immigration. They mostly agreed and deflected. The small boats are a red herring.

[kcl]

Two supermarket managers arguing over rearranging the tinned food aisle

[Brian-omhh]

The absolute highlight for me, was Mr Robert Blackstone standing up and asking " are you two *really* the best the nation has to offer as a Prime Minister?" Bravo Mr Blackstone, bravo. Britain truly deserves better than this. We need Proportional Representation

[charlesreynolds]

This country is doomed with these two.

[RoxanneLavender]

Considering that Reform UK has overtaken the Conservatives, why weren't Reform UK included in the debates, or this programme?

[sebastiannosurname]

I never heard so empty and boring debates

[York]

It would be nice too see both of them lose their seats.

[bofctjz]

Sunak failed to stop a single boat.
Starmer has no clue.
We are doomed.

[francisonyige]

I realized that the secret to making a million is saving for a better investment. I always tell myself you don't need that new Maserati or that vacation just yet. That mindset helped me make more money investing. For example last year I invested 80k in stocks and made about $246k, but guess what? I put it all back and traded again and now I am rounding up close to a million

[cunus]

An ex-lawyer vs an ex-banker. It doesn't get much worse than that.

[barrylongstaff]

Starmer looked like he was going to cry at times, Sunak is completely inept. Lord help us

[annawildsville]

Yeah, Sunak was allowed again to just talk over everyone.

[YEYE]

These two don’t have to be our only 2 options if we don’t want to. Urge people to vote for the policies that align their values and needs. Neither deserve your vote!

[Spar]

Why weren’t the other party leaders invited to this TV debate?

[roni]

It's a sad country if those two are the best we can get!

[consultant]

Neither party represents the citizens!

[davidfoster]

When a politician says it’s is all fully costed you are being gaslighted, no government policy has ever come in on budget.

[abz]

14 years in power, and Sunak still waffling lies.