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jmetaB0387f2d6ea178cdd9408eac97420a8f4fed4ac01731be3da206fc8318e9135d9ae@3e91da6efcff989809c61111df8cb55d54bb6584fe5afb333c986f52bd1bcab9rss.itemmetarss.netMæ<item><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fd4e28328-8390-4656-b726-40131e577da7.jpg?crop=1600%2C900%2C0%2C0&resize=1200" /><div><div><p>Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer clashed in the first debate of the general election campaign on ITV on Tuesday night. </p><p>Both party leaders made several key claims about their plans for the country. But do they stack up? We look at the facts. </p><p>• <a href="https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/who-won-tv-debate-general-election-keir-starmer-rishi-sunak-x03xktj53"><b>Who won the first general election TV debate?</b></a></p><p>Sunak <a href="https://www.thetimes.com/article/general-election-tv-debate-itv-highlights-key-moments-sunak-starmer-jhsjjspft">repeatedly accused Starmer</a> of planning to introduce “£2,000 in tax rises” for each household, which Labour says is a “made-up figure” based on faulty assumptions.</p><p>The figure is from a dossier released by the Conservatives last month, which adds up Labour’s spending commitments and subtracts the party’s planned tax rises.</p><p>This generates a figure of £38.5 billion over four years, which the Conservative dossier then divides by the number of working</p></div></div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2024 07:31:08 GMT</pubDate><link><![CDATA[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/uk/politics/article/rishi-sunak-keir-starmer-debate-claims-fact-checked-b2szrwcsz]]></link><dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer’s TV debate claims fact-checked]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/uk/politics/article/rishi-sunak-keir-starmer-debate-claims-fact-checked-b2szrwcsz]]></guid></item>