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Rishi Sunak has addressed an attack by Nigel Farage that he ‘understand our culture’ as he vowed to carry on campaigning until the last day of the election campaign.
The Prime Minister said ‘I don’t think it’s good for our politics’ if he commented on Mr Farage’s suggestion in the wake of his early departure from the D-Day commemorations in Normandy.
Mr Sunak has come under intense pressure after he left France before an international event with world leaders which sparked a furious row in his party and led to wider accusations he let the country down.
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Liberal Democrat manifesto launch: What you need to know
We can get people off waiting lists and into work, getting our economy growing strongly again too. We can save our NHS, we can fix the care crisis, we can give people a fair deal.
What has happened this morning on the campaign trail?
Keir Starmer – Private school VAT charge is ‘tough choice’
Many parents will want to send their children to private schools and I’ve nothing against that whatsoever.
But we have to fix the problems we’ve got within our state schools, both the lack of essential teachers, we’ve got too many teachers missing in essential subjects like maths, and we need to provide childcare and nursery places.
And the question you and others always ask me is ‘if you’re going to do that, which is a good thing to do, how are you going to fund it?’
Given the economy is badly broken under this Government, we’ve made the choice, difficult choice, tough choice, that will get rid of the tax break on private schools and use it for those much needed teachers in our secondary schools and use it for the childcare and the nurseries that we’re rolling out today.
Keir Starmer – No tax surprises in Labour manifesto
We’re going to launch our manifesto later this week, there will be no tax surprises in there, we’re not going to increase tax on working people.
And that means no increases in income tax and national insurance and VAT, and all of our plans are, as I say, fully costed, fully funded, and they don’t require tax rises over and above those that we’ve already set out.
So there won’t be any surprises when the manifesto is unveiled on Thursday.
We will deliver. I mean, our plan is actually better than the Government, the Government is right to say that they’ll have a plan, the problem they’ve got is they haven’t planned for it, and therefore, they haven’t got the spaces for it. What we will do with our plan is provide 100,000 spaces, 3,000-plus new nurseries.
This is a better plan. But of course, we want to complete on the Government’s plan, but actually do it in a way that’s planned and deliverable. Theirs is a good idea but not deliverable.
Keir Starmer – Emily Thornberry was wrong over increased class sizes
We’ve had the analysis by the IFS on this, which says that there’ll be a negligible impact. So we’re very confident about that.
This is a really important policy because as any parent with young children will tell you, childcare and nursery places are really essential.
Our scheme is fully funded, fully costed, but also fully planned so it would be wrapped around primary schools and just talking to some of the parents here who’ve got other children in the school, it will be a real game changer for them. So this has been very positively received.
Breaking:Rishi Sunak asked if he considered quitting
Rishi Sunak – Ask Farage what me meant by ‘our culture’ remark
You can ask him. I can’t speak for him and what he meant by those comments.
I’m not going to get involved in that because I don’t think it’s good for our politics, or indeed our country.
And when it comes to the D-Day events, I spoke about that a lot last week. I absolutely didn’t mean to cause anyone any hurt or upset, and that’s why I apologised unreservedly for the mistake that I made.
And I just hope people can find it in their hearts to forgive me and look at my actions that I’ve taken as Prime Minister, both to support our armed forces with an increase in defence spending, but also have the minister focused on veterans affairs around the Cabinet table, making sure this is best country in the world to be a veteran.
Rishi Sunak – I’m not interested in Reform
Look, I’m not really interested in Reform, quite frankly. I’m interested in delivering for the British people with the agenda that I’m setting out.
The big difference here is between us and the Labour Party – that’s the choice at this election. Only Keir Starmer or I are going to be prime minister on July 5, so everyone should just think about that.
A vote for anyone who is not a Conservative candidate is just a vote to put Keir Starmer in power, and that’s the simple reality of it.
So people who are thinking of voting Reform, the question they should ask themselves is, ‘if you care about tackling migration and bringing it down, if you want a more proportionate approach to net zero, if you want your taxes cut, if you want your pension protected’, those are all things that I’m going to offer and the Conservatives will deliver. Keir Starmer doesn’t believe in any of those things.
Rishi Sunak – The reality is I’m not going to stop
I am very confident in the actions that we’re putting forward for the British people.
I’m confident they will deliver a more secure future for people. There are lots of people who want to write me off, write this off, say this campaign or the election is a foregone conclusion.
They’ve been saying that, by the way, ever since I’ve got this job, right? Not since this election campaign.
The reality is I’m not going to stop going, I’m not going to stop fighting for people’s votes, I’m not going to stop fighting for the future of our country.
Breaking:Rishi vows to fight on until last day of campaign
What is Labour’s childcare plan?
Pictured: Starmer and Phillipson at nursery
Pictured: Sunak on the campaign trail
Douglas Ross statement – Carrying on as Scottish Tories leader is ‘not feasible’
I have served as MP, MSP and leader for over three years now and believed I could continue to do so if re-elected to Westminster, but on reflection, that is not feasible.
I am committed to fighting and winning the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East constituency. Should I be given the honour to represent the people and communities of this new seat, they should know being their MP would receive my complete focus and attention.
I will therefore stand down as leader following the election on 4 July, once a successor is elected. Should I win the seat, I will also stand down as an MSP to make way for another Scottish Conservative representative in Holyrood.
My party has a chance to beat the SNP in key seats up and down Scotland, including in Aberdeenshire North and Moray East. We must now come together and fully focus on doing exactly that.
Breaking:Douglas Ross to stand down as leader of the Scottish Conservatives
Policing minister – Social media makes people feel unsafe
There is a perception, a feeling that you mentioned, and even though crime has demonstrably gone down according to the crime survey, sometimes people don’t feel so safe.
That is partly because of social media, so an incident, a knife crime incident, gets sort of magnified across social media in a way that wasn’t the case even five years ago, certainly 10 years ago.
There are particular places like London under Sadiq Khan where there is a… particular knife crime problem, but overall crime has gone down.
Policing minister – I was shocked and disappointed by Sunak on D-Day
How will the Lib Dems raise £9 billion for the NHS?
This is the healthcare election for the Liberal Democrats.
We’ve been listening to people around the country, and top of their concerns in so many areas is the health service.
So we have absolutely made the NHS and care at the heart of our manifesto.
What is happening today?
Good morning
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Liberal Democrat manifesto launch: What you need to know
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What has happened this morning on the campaign trail?
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Keir Starmer – No tax surprises in Labour manifesto
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Keir Starmer – Emily Thornberry was wrong over increased class sizes -
Read: Rishi Sunak vows to campaign until last day of election
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Rishi Sunak – Ask Farage what me meant by ‘our culture’ remark
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Rishi Sunak – I’m not interested in Reform
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Rishi Sunak – The reality is I’m not going to stop
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Pictured: Starmer and Phillipson at nursery
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Read: Rishi Sunak vows to recruit 8,000 more police officers
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Douglas Ross to stand down as leader of the Scottish Conservatives
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Policing minister – I was shocked and disappointed by Sunak on D-Day
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How will the Lib Dems raise £9 billion for the NHS?
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What is happening today?