Sunak and Starmer scrap over tax and immigration in heated first TV debate

Labour leader tried to focus on the Tories' record while the prime minister accused opponent of planning tax rises

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer tore into each other's election promises on tax and immigration in a fiery first TV debate of the campaign.

The pair exchanged barbs in an ill-tempered session before an ITV studio audience in Salford, where Starmer accused Sunak of being the most liberal prime minister we've ever had on immigration" and pledged to keep the UK in the European convention on human rights.