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Tonight Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer participated in the first live debate of the UK general election. We've been fact checking some of the big claims that were made.

Taxation, the NHS and immigration played a central role in the debate and we've pulled together a list of key claims and our initial take.

The Full Fact team is rounding-up claims from the debate so visit our website for a more in-depth analysis.

Tax was at the heart of the debate

Rishi Sunak said under Labour there was a “retirement tax” coming for British pensioners.

This is based on forecasts showing that under current government policy, the state pension is set to rise above the personal allowance for the first time.

Labour says it’ll maintain current government policy, while the Conservatives say they’ll re-establish a higher personal allowance for pensioners, so the state pension does not exceed the income tax threshold.

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Keir Starmer claimed under the Conservatives taxes were “at the highest level for 70 years”.

This was true of the ‘tax burden’ in 2022/23. It’s since fallen slightly, but is forecast to increase over each of the next five years to a near-record level.

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DEBATE SUMMARY

Cut through the spin and get to the core of the claims that were discussed during the first leader's debate.

Full Fact's summary is full of our latest live fact checks from throughout the evening, alongside additional context that may be useful in understanding some of the claims being made.

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