Election 2024 latest updates: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer go head-to-head in final TV showdown in the race to be Prime Minister before country heads to the polls

If the Conservatives societal media relationship is thing to spell by we suggest taxation volition beryllium astatine the apical of Rishi Sunak's docket contiguous arsenic helium takes the combat to Sir Keir Starmer.

The enactment has launched somewhat of a blitz of onslaught ads passim the time suggesting Labour volition rise taxes if it wins the election.

Here are conscionable a fewer examples of posts that person been shared today.

James Cleverly is appearing to stay upbeat astir the Tories predetermination hopes arsenic helium insisted 'shocks hap successful politics' contempt polls suggesting nary different than a landslide Labour victory.

Speaking to Sky News, the Home Secretary said

Mr Cleverly volition beryllium among politicians successful the rotation country contiguous truthful expect to perceive much from him aft the debate.

The Labour person is successful the gathering and truthful is the Prime Minister

Sir Keir Starmer shook hands with Director-General Tim Davie arsenic helium arrived astatine Nottingham Trent University for the BBC debate.

He was followed by Mr Sunak who was besides greeted by Mr Davie earlier heading wrong the building.

Nigel Farage's Reform enactment person closed the spread with the Conservative enactment to little than 2 points with conscionable nether 1 week to spell until a perchance disastrous wide predetermination for the Tories.

Mr Farage's outfit are present little than 2 points disconnected the Conservatives, according to MailOnline's canvass of polls. One caller survey adjacent suggested Reform had taken a flimsy pb implicit the Tories.

Labour has maintained its adjacent 25-point lead, with seat-by-seat analyses predicting a bulk for Sir Keir Starmer arsenic large arsenic 240 – capable to unafraid a landslide bigger than Tony Blair's successful 1997.

Read MailOnline's eventual canvass of polls here:

The polls person provided miserable speechmaking for the Conservatives passim the predetermination run and adjacent further backmost than that.

And this 1 is nary antithetic arsenic a caller canvass released contiguous has recovered much than a 3rd of the nationalist accidental the predetermination betting ungraded is the communicative they person heard astir astir recently.

As galore arsenic 15 Conservatives whitethorn beryllium nether probe by the betting watchdog implicit wealth enactment connected the day of the election, it was claimed today.

While Labour has besides been dragged into the ungraded aft it suspended 1 of its candidates for placing a stake connected him losing his constituency.

Before we look up to tonight's action, let's instrumentality a look astatine the goings connected successful Westminster today.

Here are conscionable immoderate of the stories published by our governmental reporters today.

See the video beneath for a afloat predetermination round-up:

The battleground for the last TV showdown betwixt Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer is acceptable successful Nottingham Trent University.

Rumours dispersed crossed field this week pursuing the abrupt closure of 2 large buildings astatine the university.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Edward Peck told the Nottingham Post:

BBC writer Mishal Husain is tasked with performing the relation of referee during tonight's statement successful Nottingham.

The Today presenter and newsreader is an experienced relation successful the format, having already hosted a statement involving 7 governmental leaders and elder representatives connected June 7.

The 51-year-old was not meant to beryllium progressive contiguous but stepped successful erstwhile her workfellow Sophie Raworth fractured her ankle during the London Marathon.

Speaking to BBC earlier the debate, Ms Husain said:

MailOnline's Political Editor James Tapsfield reports Rishi Sunak is gearing up for the captious last TV predetermination statement contiguous arsenic helium struggles to avert a Tory meltdown.

The PM volition look disconnected against Keir Starmer connected BBC One with hardly a week near until the state goes to the ballot boxes.

The primetime head-to-head clash successful Nottingham is seen arsenic Mr Sunak's past large accidental to revive his fortunes aft a nightmare campaign.

Read his preview here:

Tonight's statement successful Nottingham is the 2nd head-to-head statement betwixt Mr Sunak and Mr Starmer with the archetypal broadcast by ITV connected June 4 successful Salford.

Mr Sunak was declared the victor successful a drawback canvass pursuing that brushwood which saw some men interrupt 1 different forcing ITV big Julie Etchingham to intervene.

Sir Keir was wide considered to person performed amended than his counterpart during the Sky News predetermination lawsuit which saw some men instrumentality questions from governmental writer Beth Rigby and members of the audience.

The Labour person agreed to lone 2 head-to-head debates astatine the commencement of the predetermination run contempt Mr Sunak challenging him to look him erstwhile a week, meaning six abstracted occasions.

The leaders besides appeared astatine an lawsuit for Sun readers connected Monday.

Hello and invited to MailOnline's unrecorded sum of the last TV statement betwixt Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer.

With the state heading to the polls this week, the showpiece lawsuit unrecorded connected BBC marks a last accidental for each leaders to pull voters and inflict harm connected 1 another.

With Mr Sunak flagging successful the polls, helium volition beryllium hopeless for a gamechanger contiguous arsenic helium seeks to revive the fortunes of the Conservative campaign.

Follow our unrecorded blog for updates from passim the statement positive absorption and investigation from Nottingham.

To ticker the statement tune into connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 8.15pm oregon you tin besides perceive connected BBC Radio 4.