UK election: Farage and Davey hog the limelight — latest updates

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It’s another bruising day in store on the U.K. election campaign trail as Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer duke it out for the keys to No. 10 Downing Street — and the Liberal Democrats become the first party to launch an actual manifesto.

The Conservative prime minister’s still trying to recover from the big row over his snubbing of a D-day ceremony — while looking over his shoulder at Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, who launch their economic plans at noon.

The Conservatives are pushing a plan to boost policing by hiking visa fees, while Labour doubles down on its promise to increase childcare places. And the Lib Dems are talking health and social care as they prepare to drop their manifesto at 11.30 a.m. U.K. time.

Follow every twist — and get snap analysis of the big moments — on the POLITICO liveblog below.