General election 2024: Second half of campaign kicks off

Good morning, thank you for joining us as we move into the second half of this general
election campaign.

With most major parties
having already published manifestos and no debates scheduled, both
politics and football watchers may feel they can safely watch Scotland take on Germany in the
Euros opener without fear of missing out.

That said, you can watch BBC interviewers tackling some key figures of the campaign on Friday.

Last night saw the second seven-way political debate take
place on ITV, with senior figures clashing for the most part over the NHS,
education and immigration.

Nigel Farage arguably caused the biggest stir when he declared Reform UK is now the “opposition to Labour” in response to a new opinion poll putting
his party ahead of the Conservatives for the first time. Check our poll tracker to help put this in perspective.

We’ll be speaking to Farage this morning on Breakfast, plus
his Labour counterpart Keir Starmer’s BBC Panorama interview with Nick Robinson
is due to air this evening – so stay tuned for what they have to say.

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey is taking a break from public campaigning while Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is still in Italy for the G7 summit so won’t be out and about either.

And we’ll bring you any new policy announcements by the parties as they happen, of course.