General Election 2019 briefing: leaders clash over Brexit and NHS in first TV debate

The Prime Ministerial hopefuls were at loggerheads over a number of issues during an ITV debate which many have deemed inconsequential to the outcome of the election.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn answer questions during the ITV Leaders Debate (Photo: ITV/Getty)

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn have clashed in the first televised debate of the election campaign.

While Mr Johnson promised to “end this national misery”, Mr Corbyn’s focus was on stressing that Labour “get Brexit sorted by giving you, the people, the final say”.

Here is a run-down of the major talking points from last night’s debate.