Starmer says Labour will ‘meet fire with fire’ if Tories resort to dirty tactics during election – as it happened

Labour leader says Conservatives will go low' in election this year and Labour are prepared to match them if they do. This live blog is closed

• Sunak indicates he will not call election until second half of 2024

Starmer says being in opposition is frustrating, and he accuses the Tories of treating it as performance art.

He is now on the passage about his career in public service that was posted earlier. See 9.12am.

If you've been breaking your back to keep trading, steering your business through the pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis, the challenge of Brexit and the chaos of Westminster.

If you've been serving our country, whether in scrubs or the uniform of your regiment and what you want now is a politics that serves you, then make no mistake - this is your year.