Foreign affairs, the economy and the way Britain is governed set up all make their appearance during campaigns and the Question Time Leader’s Special broadcast from York was no different. Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer, Ed Davey and John Swinney answered questions on the Rwanda immigration plan, Jeremy Corbyn’s legacy in Labour and Scottish independence as a pro-Palestine protest raged outside.
Mr Sunak said he wished his government could have gotten waiting times down faster when answering a question about his regrets during his tenure in Downing Street. He pointed to his party’s policy of allowing people to get some medicines directly from pharmacies without seeing a GP as one of his successes. He said: “We’ve put record amounts of investment into the NHS, but things don’t happen overnight or in a straight line.