Rattled Keir Starmer accuses Rishi Sunak of 'lying' about Labour hiking taxes by £2,000 during bad-tempered election TV debate - as PM doubles down on his warning to families

A rattled Keir Starmer contiguous accused Rishi Sunak of 'lying' astir Labour's taxation plans during bad-tempered predetermination TV statement clashes.

Sir Keir made the blunt allegation as Labour desperately tries to bounds harm from the head-to-head connected ITV.

The PM repeatedly insisted that Sir Keir was plotting to summation the load connected Brits, saying helium would 'raise your taxes and raid your pension'. 

Asked successful Portsmouth this day wherefore helium didn't contradict the assertion much rapidly during the debate, Sir Keir said: 'What matters is the facts. All of our plans are afloat costed, afloat funded, don't impact taxation rises for moving people.

'I'll spell that out, nary income tax, nary nationalist insurance, nary VAT. What you saw is the premier curate with his backmost against the partition desperately lashing retired and resorting to lies.

'And helium knew helium was lying. I don't accidental that lightly, it's not the benignant of happening that I say. He was lying, helium was lying astir our plans, helium was lying astir the boats, helium was lying astir waiting lists.'

However, Mr Sunak has doubled down - posting a video connected societal media of a immense reddish pig floating implicit British cities with audio of Sir Keir saying '£2,000'.  

Labour's rearguard enactment came arsenic drawback polls suggested that Mr Sunak made an interaction connected cardinal battlegrounds past night, contempt the Conservatives lagging massively down overall.

YouGov suggested viewers thought Mr Sunak narrowly edged the contention by 51 per cent to 49 per cent. He was seen arsenic doing amended connected the captious areas of taxation and immigration, though Sir Keir had the vantage connected astir everything else.

Savanta and JL Partners surveys this greeting indicated that the Labour person was seen arsenic coming retired connected top. 

However, Tories were jubilant that the taxation contented has dominated the fallout from the debate. 

Mr Sunak insisted during the ITV programme that 'independent Treasury officials' had costed Labour's policies 'and they magnitude to a £2,000 taxation emergence for everyone'.

The assertion comes from a papers produced by the Conservatives which made a bid of assumptions to estimation the outgo that mightiness beryllium attached to imaginable Labour policies.

It claimed that the quality betwixt the wealth that Labour would rise from its policies and the magnitude it would walk would beryllium a shortage of £38.5billion implicit 4 years, amounting to astir £2,094 for each moving household.

Some of the estimates successful the papers person been carried retired by civilian servants astatine the Treasury, utilizing assumptions provided by politically appointed peculiar advisers.

But the Treasury's imperishable caput James Bowler said ministers had been told not to suggest civilian servants produced the header figure.

In a missive to Labour's shadiness Treasury main caput Darren Jones helium said the £38.5billion full for Labour policies successful the Tory papers 'includes costs beyond those provided by the Civil Service'.

'Costings derived from different sources oregon produced by different organisations should not beryllium presented arsenic having been produced by the Civil Service,' helium said successful a missive to Mr Jones connected June 3.

'I person reminded ministers and advisers that this should beryllium the case.'

Mr Jones demanded an apology from Mr Sunak.

'Civil servants confirmed they had told Tory ministers they were not allowed to accidental their dodgy attacks connected Labour were independently done by civilian servants,' helium said.

'Last nighttime Rishi Sunak did it anyway. He lied to the British people. He indispensable apologise.'

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves and chap frontbencher Jon Ashworth were sent retired to broadcast studios to impeach the premier of 'lies'.

But Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho repeated the claim, saying it was based connected 'official costings from the Treasury'.

She told BBC Breakfast: 'I've worked successful the Treasury and I tin archer you that these are brilliant, autarkic civilian servants and they would not beryllium putting thing dodgy successful there.'

On Times Radio Ms Coutinho adjacent claimed 'this is thing which has been signed disconnected by the imperishable caput of the Treasury', adding 'those costings person been done by autarkic Treasury civilian servants'.

Mr Ashworth said: 'I consciousness that Rishi Sunak was exposed arsenic hopeless past nighttime – desperately lying astir Labour's taxation plans, making accusations astir Labour's taxation plans which are categorically untrue – Labour volition not enactment up income tax, volition not enactment up nationalist insurance, volition not enactment up VAT.'

He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: 'Rishi Sunak was resorting to lying due to the fact that helium is hopeless and what bash hopeless radical bash erstwhile successful a corner? They lie.'

Campaigning connected volition beryllium debased cardinal contiguous arsenic commemorations for the 80th day of D-Day begin.

Both Mr Sunak and Sir Keir attended the UK's nationalist commemoration lawsuit successful Portsmouth alongside members of the royal household and equipped forces veterans, earlier attraction is focused crossed the Channel for further day events successful Normandy tomorrow.

Savanta recovered Sir Keir outperformed Mr Sunak successful past night's debate.

They recovered the Labour person bushed Mr Sunak by 44 per cent to 39 per cent. They recovered Sir Keir had outperformed the PM connected the NHS and nationalist services (63 per cent to 25 per cent), connected the system (52 per cent to 36 per cent), and defence and information (43 per cent to 41 per cent).

Pollsters astatine the steadfast besides recovered Sir Keir 'came crossed arsenic astir honest' among voters  (54 per cent to 29 per cent), and that the Labour person 'remained the calmest' (51 per cent to 36 per cent).

Chris Hopkins, Savanta's governmental probe director, said: 'Presentationally, it felt similar the Prime Minister had the precocious manus astatine times – successful peculiar towards the extremity of the statement – and though our figures suggest helium mislaid narrowly, helium astir apt inactive outperformed expectations.'

During the tetchy exchanges connected ITV past night, wherever some leaders repeatedly spoke implicit each arsenic big Julie Etchingham struggled to rein them in, Mr Sunak warned Brits that Sir Keir will 'raise your taxes and raid your pensions' and has 'no plan' to tackle immigration.

Nigel Farage was the shade astatine the feast aft helium announced a tally to go a Reform MP, with Mr Sunak stressing that lone helium and Sir Keir tin extremity up successful No10 and a ballot for 'other' parties volition lone warrant Labour successful power.

'Beyond raising your taxes and raiding your pensions, nary 1 knows what helium volition do,' Mr Sunak said of his rival. 'I person a wide program for a much unafraid aboriginal for you and your family.' 

With Labour miles up successful sentiment polls, Mr Sunak had to spell connected the violative past night. And helium went hard from the start, berating Sir Keir for plotting to hike the taxation load by £2,000. 

He aboriginal went connected the onslaught implicit Net Zero saying Sir Keir would inflict large costs by forcing radical to upgrade boilers and alteration cars. 'Mark my words Labour volition rise your taxes,' helium said. 

However, Sir Keir said that was 'nonsense' and helium wanted to 'turn the page' with a 'practical plan' for the country.

He jibed that Mr Sunak calling the predetermination aboriginal demonstrated that helium did not judge the 'plan was working'. 'If helium thinks that things are going to get amended wherefore has helium called it now?' Sir Keir said.

The leaders crossed swords connected immigration, with Mr Sunak arguing the Rwanda argumentation could assistance halt tiny boats. When Sir Keir branded it an 'expensive gimmick' Mr Sunak changeable back: 'You mightiness not similar it but I've got a plan.'

Sir Keir besides taunted the 'desperate' Tory leader that helium was the 'most liberal' PM ever due to the fact that ineligible nett migration is moving astatine grounds levels - with the latest figures astatine 685,000 a year.

Mr Sunak received a circular of applause arsenic helium said helium was prepared to permission the European Convention connected Human Rights (ECHR) to guarantee migrants could beryllium deported. But Sir Keir was besides clapped arsenic helium said the UK should instrumentality to its ineligible obligations.     

There were groans from the assemblage arsenic Mr Sunak was challenged implicit NHS waiting lists, and claimed they were 'coming down'. 'They are coming down from erstwhile they were higher,' helium said.

Sir Keir said Labour would not wage a 35 per cent emergence for inferior doctors but insisted helium could 'resolve' the long-running quality that has hampered efforts to bring down NHS waiting lists.

However helium blushed arsenic helium was enactment connected the spot by the PM saying: 'Just lasting determination saying, 'I'll resoluteness it' isn't an answer. That's not a plan.' 

Mr Sunak was targeted with much muttering from the assemblage arsenic helium said the wellness work had been deed by 'industrial action'. 'So you're blaming idiosyncratic else,' Sir Keir changeable back.

The stakes for Mr Sunak were underlined conscionable earlier the commencement of the statement by immense Survation probe showing Labour is connected way for the biggest bulk successful modern governmental past astatine 324 seats - compared to the 179 borderline Tony Blair achieved. 

The survey - conducted utilizing the alleged MRP method - projected the Conservatives would beryllium reduced to conscionable 71 MPs.

Mr Sunak would hardly negociate to cling connected to his ain Richmond & Northallerton constituency. It besides suggested Reform could triumph three, arsenic Nigel Farage launches his bombshell bid to triumph a constituency.