Yahoo News What time is the BBC election debate between Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer tonight?
Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer will go head to head for a final time ahead of next week's general election.
The Prime Minister and Labour Party leader will make their closing arguments to the voting public at the BBC TV debate which takes place on Wednesday night. The two previously took part in an ITV earlier in June.
The debate, which is taking place at Nottingham Trent University, will be carried by journalist and newsreader Mishal Husain. Mishal is is one of the main presenters of BBC Radio 4's Today and appears on BBC News at Ten BBC News at Six.
The debate takes place as the scandal over candidates and officials betting on the timing of the election looms large over Wednesday’s clash.
Meanwhile, a number of opinion polls published in the past 24 hours all of show Labour still holding a large lead over the Conservatives
A poll by Savanta, carried out online from June 21-24 among 2,318 UK adults, gives Labour a lead of 21 percentage points. The figures are Labour 42%, Conservative 21%, Reform 14%, Liberal Democrats 10%, Green 5%, SNP 3%, Plaid Cymru 1% and other parties 5%.
A new poll by Ipsos, carried out by telephone from June 21-24 among 1,402 adults in Britain, has Labour with a 23-point lead. The figures are Labour 42%, Conservative 19%, Reform 15%, Lib Dems 11% and Green 7%.
And a poll by Survation, carried out by telephone from June 21-25 among 1,022 UK adults, puts Labour 23 points ahead of the Tories. The figures are Labour 41%, Conservative 18%, Reform 14%, Lib Dems 12%, Green 5%, SNP 2% and other parties 7%.
The election debate is live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 8.15pm to 9.30pm. Laura Kuenssberg and Clive Myrie, the hosts of the BBC’s election night coverage, will present reaction and analysis from 9.30pm to 10pm.
