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Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer will square off in their second election showdown tonight in Grimsby, hosted by Sky News. The battle will have an interesting dynamic as it straddles the two manifesto releases, with the Tories’ plans ripe for interrogation while Labour’s remain under wraps until tomorrow.

Mr Sunak will kick off the day campaigning in North East Lincolnshire, while Sir Keir and Louise Haigh, his shadow transport secretary, are in Humberside to set out Labour’s pitch to motorists.

Sir Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, is heading to Warwickshire and later Surrey to talk about the party’s plans for a Clean Water Authority.

It’s manifesto launch day for the Green Party, who will be making their pitch to the nation in Hove. Co-leaders Adrian Ramsay and Carla Denyer will be joined by deputy leader Zack Polanski and parliamentary candidates including Sian Berry.

North of the border, Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, will outline his party’s vision for the NHS in Edinburgh, where SNP leader John Swinney is also out campaigning with candidate Joanna Cherry.

Then it’s all eyes on Sky News this evening, where Mr Sunak and Sir Keir take to the stage for their second big televised event. The format will be different from ITV’s, with 20-minute sit down interviews followed by 25-minutes of questions from the audience.