General election TV debate – live: Starmer beats Sunack on NHS and economy in first ITV showdown, new snap poll says

The Treasury has rejected Rishi Sunak’s claim that Labor will set taxes at £2,000 per household.

This would mean that each working family would pay £2,094 more in tax under a Labor government, the Prime Minister said.

Responding to last night’s televised debate, Professor John Curtis said there was no clear winner in last night’s clash between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.

recording telegraph He said the Prime Minister was “stubbornly” sticking to the attack lines, claiming the Labor leader would raise taxes, stop the boats and leave pensioners worse off.

However, Sir Keir’s responses were met with “disdain” by Mr Sunack rather than a ready response to the claims.

He writes: “It took him some time to counter the claim that taxes would rise by £2,000 a year.

“Actually, there was no response to the prospect of taxing pensions.” The trouble is, hate doesn’t win an argument.”

Prof Curtis added that the debate had offered voters no indication of what type of Britain the Labor leader wanted to create.

Savannah pundits have found the Labor leader outperformed the Prime Minister in Tuesday’s ITV leaders’ debate.

In a snap poll, Savantha found Sir Keir Starmer 44% to 39% ahead of Rishi Sunak.

YouGov pollsters found Mr Sunack ahead of Sir Keir 51% to 49% in a separate snap poll yesterday.

Savanta found that Sir Kiir beat Mr Sunak by 63% to 25% on the NHS and public services, 52% to 36% on the economy and 43% to 41% on defense and security.

The firm’s polls also found that Sir Keir was “found to be the most honest” by Mr Sunac by 54% to 29% and that the Labor leader was “the calmest” by 51% to 36% for the Conservative prime minister.

Chris Hopkins, Savanta’s director of political research, said in a statement: “As of today, it felt as if the Prime Minister had the upper hand at times – particularly towards the end of the debate – and although our figures suggest she lost a bit, she probably still has It exceeded expectations.”

Rishi Sunak beat Sir Keir Starmer in a snap poll asking viewers who was better during tonight’s debate.

The YouGov poll showed narrow results, with Sunak receiving 51 percent of the vote and Starmer on 49 percent of the vote.

The prime minister welcomed the snap poll results as he sought to turn his party’s fortunes around in opinion polls.

Michael Gove has dismissed a YouGov poll that showed the public was divided over who won the debate, insisting it was a six-nil victory for Rishi Sunak, reports Archie Mitchell.

The retired senior minister told reporters after the contest that even failed Labor leader Ed Miliband had done better than Sir Keir Starmer.

And he said Sir Keir’s performance had left the Labor party in “confusion, confusion and despair”.

“They wanted to go into this general election, but Keir Starmer fell flat on his face,” Gove added.

Asked if the Tories were in turmoil over Nigel Farage’s decision to stand in the general election, Mr Gove said: “Reform is just the arm of the Labor Party.”

Shadow paymaster-general Jonathan Ashworth has denied that Sir Keir Starmer took too long to back down from Rishi Sunak’s claims that Labor would increase taxes by £2,000.

He told reporters: “He was very clear, he said it was absolute rubbish.

“You’re right, Rishi Sunak, very awkwardly, continued to interrupt Keir, so you can clearly see that Rishi Sunak is under some pressure, so I give you this, he continued to interrupt from time to time, but Keir said. This Sunak figure is absolute garbage for what it is. “

After an hour of back and forth between Sir Keir and Mr Sunak, we want to know what you made of the ITV debate. Have you changed your mind?

Who was your winner on the night?