Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer clashed over migration and the betting scandal that has engulfed Westminster in their final televised head-to-head before polling day.The Prime Minster asked the Labour leader if he was planning to make a deal with the Taliban to send back asylum seekers rejected from the UK in a spikey exchange over the small boats crisis.In response to a question from the BBC audience, Sir Keir said his government would "smash" the human trafficking gangs profiting from people making the perilous journey across the Channel.
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00:00What I did when one of my team was alleged to have been involved and investigated by the Gambling Commission,
00:05they were suspended within minutes because I knew it made it really important to be swift.
00:11The Prime Minister delayed and delayed and delayed until eventually he was bullied into taking action.
00:16If you're going to change the culture, you have to start at the top.
00:20Let me get a response, Keir Starmer, to those accusations.
00:23Well it was important to me that given the seriousness and the sensitivity of the matters at hand,
00:29that they were dealt with properly and that's what I've done.
00:32We had an independent internal inquiry into what happened,
00:36have taken action and suspended the candidates involved
00:38and I've been crystal clear that they should face the full consequences of the law.
00:42But Keir Starmer talks about leadership and politics,
00:44that's what Sue's question was, that was a broad question about how to do that.
00:48I also think leadership means being straight with people.