The top quips of the Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer TV showdown

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer “Ashamed” of his party’s record Mr Starmer also accused the Tory leader of avoiding questions over his party’s record in office – and emphasising his future plans - because “he is ashamed of it”. Tax rises in Labour’s “DNA” and “If you think Labour are going to win, start saving’’ Mr Sunak kept hammering his claim that Labour would cost voters £2,000 in tax rises and accused the Labour leader of planning to force people to “arbitrarily rip out your boiler, change your car, convert your home” to greener alternatives. open image in gallery Host Julie Etchingham had to try to keep the two men in check during the ITV general election debate at MediaCity in Salford “Insulting and childish” A clearly annoyed Sir Keir hit back at claims from his opposite number in a row over defence and whether or not Labour could be trusted on national security. He added that for the prime minister who at the time, he said, was “making money betting against the country” during the financial crisis “to now say that somehow national security is somehow safer in his hands is insulting and childish.” “The most liberal prime minister we've ever had on immigration'' Giving him a title designed to get under his skin, Sir Keir accused Mr Sunak of being "the most liberal prime minister we've ever had on immigration'' because of high net migration figures.