Sunak and Starmer prepare for election debate in Grimsby

The Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition go head to head this evening.

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Author: Andy MarshPublished 12th Jun 2024

Both the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer are heading to Grimsby today for tonight's election debate.

The pair will go head to head once again.

Sky News will interview both party leaders before the studio audience get the chance to ask questions

Grimsby turned Conservative for the first time since the end of the Second World War in 2019

The constituency has now been combined with Cleethorpes.

The Tories have held Cleethorpes the seat since 2010.

Labour know they need to win back seats like Grimsby if they're going to form the next Government.

I don't think either of them are offering anything really that good

The Conservatives will be trying to persuade voters they deserve another term.

We've been speaking to people in Grimsby and Cleethorpes about what they want to hear from the parties.

"I want to hear how they're going to fix the country - it's broken. "

"I want to hear clear direction on how things are going to improve and to be held to that."

"What I'd like to hear from Sir Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak are what their intentions are for business."

"To actually look at just those two (Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak) I still couldn't pick between them."

"I don't think either of them are offering anything really that good."

They're not mentioning enough about people with disabilities

"We're looking at these two people that could be the Prime Minister of our country and I'm thinking well who are they - do they stand for us the people."

"I want to know what they're going to do to help disabled people - there just isn't enough out there."

"They're not mentioning enough about people with disabilities and long term illnesses. "

"We feel left out and also carers do as well."

We also spoke to Dr Joseph Tiplady who's a politics expert.

He said: "Grimsby was one of those bricks in the red wall that collapsed as Labour was defeated by Boris Johnson's Conservative party."

"Traditionally it's a seat that's voted Labour consistently since 1945 so it's a big deal."

"They heavily voted in favour of leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum by around 70 per cent to 30."

"So it was really emblematic of that supposed realignment and now that is much more I think in question as to whether that will continue."

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