Nottingham Trent University is in the spotlight as the debate between Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak begins
Sir Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak pictured arriving at the BBC leaders election debate in Nottingham on Wednesday, June 26TV election debate of the 2024 general election campaign. Nottinghamshire Live is in the "spin room" for the whole debate. The spin room is the area where all journalists covering the event in person gather, as well as representatives from both parties who will argue that their side came out on top during the debate.
Mishal Husain points out that Nottnigham City Council has been run by Labour for decades, before handing over to Keir Starmer who says he would introduce multi-year funding deals for councils, rather than only confirming them for 12 months as is currently the case. Sir Keir though also warns that he does not have a "magic wand" to dramatically increase local council funding.
Mishal Husain says the polling firm Savanta has chosen the audience for tonight's debate, which includes Conservative and Labour supporters as well as undecided voters.James Cleverly said: "Nottinghamshire is an important part of the country, I've got a lot of good friends and colleagues that are MPs in this part of the country and of course, we want to take the message to the people here in Nottinghamshire.
"He'll turn up, he's going to do the job. He's going to show the Labour alternative and remind people that we will only be able to deliver the change that this country needs if people vote for it.
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