Alert – BBC general election debate LIVE: Nigel Farage, Angela Rayner and Penny Mordaunt pitch to voters in seven-way address involving major political parties

Seven political parties will pitch to voters tonight in a televised BBC debate in the first of its kind this general election campaign.

Penny Mordaunt for the Conservative Cabinet minister Penny Mordaunt, Labour’s deputy Angela Rayner and Reform leader Nigel Farage will debate leading figures from the Liberal Democrats, SNP, Green Party and Plaid Cymru over 90 minutes.

The first multi-party debate comes less than a month before voters go to the polls on July 4.

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