The party said the number of over- 65s paying income tax has almost doubled, from 4.5 million in 2009/10, to 8.5 million in 2023/24.

Commemorations in Normandy will start at 7.25am, which is the exact moment the invasion began in 1944.

The package includes £30bn for the NHS, which will go towards increasing workers’ salaries and providing better access to GPs and NHS dentists.

The minimum sentence for murders that take place in the home would increase from 15 years to 25 years under the party’s proposals, The Times reports.

The Chancellor said the Conservative Party will ‘always be a broad church’ which is ‘a good thing’.

The party’s health policy described caesarean sections as ‘expensive and, when not medically required, risky’.

The leaders’ clashes on the economy, immigration and the NHS, which were brought to light during Tuesday’s head-to-head, will be put to one side.

Responding to questions on Radio 4’s Today programme, Ms Badenoch said it is not for her to decide which shows Ms Truss goes on.

Mr Bell, who has represented Newcastle-under-Lyme since December 2019, said his decision was due to ‘personal and family reasons’.

Co-leader Adrian Ramsay said the party is offering ‘real hope and real change’ to voters.

Launching its General Election campaign from Bristol later, the party is expected to commit to ‘offering real hope and real change’.

Speaking to The Sun’s Never Mind the Ballots, Mr Farage accused the Tories of betraying voters on illegal immigration.

Polling by More in Common also indicates a third of people agree that First Minister Vaughan Gething should resign over the donations scandal.

Concerns have been raised over Mr Gething’s run to be Welsh Labour leader.

Under the party’s plans, local environment experts within the community would sit on the water company boards as non-executive directors.

Sir Chris Bryant has previously said a mole on the back of his head turned out to be melanoma and he was given a 40% chance of living a year.

Shadow culture minister Sir Chris Bryant criticised the Government for failing to support creative industries.

Chris Philp the National Police Chiefs Council’s criminal justice lead confirmed to him that the contingencies were not required.

During a debate on Ukraine, Sir Edward Leigh argued that ‘America could’ve won this war by now’ if it had armed Ukraine sufficiently.