In Pictures: Farage doused while Starmer and Sunak prepare for first TV debate
PA Reporter
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Newly installed Reform UK leader Nigel Farage returned to the political fray on Tuesday as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer prepared for their first televised showdown of the General Election campaign.
Day 13 saw Mr Farage address hundreds of supporters at a rally in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex where he hopes to become an MP – although he did not get the warmest of welcomes after being doused with a milkshake.
Meanwhile, Sir Keir met pensioners in the North West of England to discuss the cost of energy and Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey focused on care provision, as he played a giant game of Jenga in Greater Manchester.
Nigel Farage was splattered with a milky drink as he left the pub (James Manning/PA)
Mr Farage later made fun of the incident, posing with a tray of banana milkshakes at a second campaign stop in Jaywick, Essex (James Manning/PA)
Earlier, Richard Tice spoke to the crowd beside a big wheel ahead of his successor as Reform UK leader launching his campaign to become MP of Clacton (James Manning/PA)
As Rishi Sunak took a day off from election visits, Home Secretary James Cleverly picked up the campaigning mantle with a trip to the Swain Group in Rochester, Kent (Yui Mok/PA)
Mr Cleverly sought to play down the impact of Mr Farage’s decision to stand, while also flagging his party’s plans to give Parliament a direct role in setting migration levels (Yui Mok/PA)
Meanwhile, Sir Keir Starmer and shadow work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall met pensioners to talk about the impact of the energy crisis and the cost of living during a visit to the Bridge Cafe in Bolton (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Sir Keir was appearing in a televised debate with Mr Sunak later on Tuesday (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Elsewhere, Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey and the party’s parliamentary candidate for Cheadle, Tom Morrison, played giant Jenga during a visit to Greater Manchester (Peter Byrne/PA)
Sir Ed – who later helped make flower bouquets at Shropshire Flower Farm in Whitchurch – highlighted his party’s plans to make day-to-day care for adults in need free in England if elected (Peter Byrne/PA)
The party has published what it plans to do in its manifesto, and it has a number of promises on the benefits system including Universal Credit and PIP
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