Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey gave his thoughts on England’s imminent clash with Denmark in the Euros as he campaigned in Sheffield.

He said: “It’s a very, very, important match. I thought we did well in the first match. I’m sure we’ll do even better tonight.

“The Danes have always been quite tough competitors but we remember the last time, when we beat them, came from behind. So, let’s hope we do that tonight, let’s hope we get a really good result for England.”

Borrowers hoping for some relief from higher costs are likely to be disappointed by expectations that UK interest rates will not be cut despite inflation returning to target.

The Bank of England has kept interest rates at 5.25% after official figures showed that inflation returned to the 2% target last month, for the first time since July 2021.

If a Labour candidate had used inside information to place a bet on the election, “their feet would not have touched the floor” on the way out, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

Asked about allegations Conservative candidate Laura Saunders had placed a bet on the date of the General Election, Sir Keir said: “This candidate should be suspended and it’s very telling that Rishi Sunak has not already done that.

“If it was one of my candidates, they’d be gone and their feet would not have touched the floor.

“There’s a wider point here that you touched on, which is we’ve now had 14 years of chaos, of division, of politics being about self-entitlement, and politics needs to be about service, about public service.

“That is one of the choices now going into this election – more of this, or turn the page, rebuild the country and return politics to service, and that’s what I will do as Labour leader.”

Labour would pass a law to prevent landlords conducting “bidding wars” between potential renters, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

Asked how Labour would tackle escalating rents without implementing a rent cap, he told Sky News: “You can stop the bidding wars because what happens there is the landlord effectively goes between two or three different renters driving the rent up and up and up.

“We won’t allow them to do that. We will introduce a law that says you can’t do it because at the moment what happens is they sort of go back between the renters.

“The other thing we need to do is stop the extortionate deposits that are being asked of people, and make sure the conditions are good because we’ve heard of these terrible cases with mould and damp and the effect it has on people, in some tragic cases even death.”

Nigel Farage has said that the Conservatives have “lost their soul” after being 14 years in power.

The Reform leader said: “The Conservatives deserve to lose the election and Labour don’t deserve to win. Don’t feel guilty for leaving them, they’ve left you. 14 years of Tory government and they may as well rename themselves the SDP.

“Low tax, low liberty, high immigration party… they’ve lost their soul.”

The Conservatives’ have posted a campaign video accusing the Labour party of “welcoming migrants” if they win the general election.

The clip shows a red carpet being layed out in a beach with the word ‘welcome’ written on the sand.

But the post has been criticised by voters online who described it as “terrible” and others urged the party to “rethink their PR strategy’.

Nigel Farage has said the party is not doing well among Millenials but claimed “something extraordinary is happening with Gen Z”.

He added: “There’s an awakening of a young generation who have had enough of being dictated to, of being lectured to.

“I’ve been sent these incredible photos of young lads [at Euro 2024 in Germany] wearing masks with my face on. There are crowds singing my name.”

Nigel Farage has claimed the Tories “deserve to lose” the general election during his speech in Frodsham.

After crowning himself as the “sexiest party leader” he proceeds to attack the political status quo adding: “We are in economic and moral decline. We have lost touch with our Judeo-Christian roots in this country. This coutnry is broken.”

He tells voters that Reform would bring “the change” needed while ”the Conservatives are tearing themselves into pieces, or what is left of them.”

The Reform leader says: “The Conservatives deserve to lose the election and Labour doesn’t deerve to win.”