Starmer wins TV debate and Farage’s Reform triumph: Key moments from election campaign trail – week four

It’s been another topsy-turvy week on the campaign trail as the political parties released their election manifestos to try and compete for your vote at the general election on 4 July.

The Independent has pinpointed these key moments:

Starmer beats Sunak in second TV debate, poll reveals

Rishi Sunak suffered a after a snap poll found that Sir Keir Starmer won the TV debate by a substantial margin. Both leaders were given a real grilling by Beth Rigby and took a number of tough questions from the audience in Grimsby. A YouGov survey after the debate had Sir Keir the easy winner on 64 per cent, with the prime minister trailing on 36 per cent.