Rishi Sunak up first as PM & Keir Starmer face grilling from live audience of readers in The Sun’s election showdown

RISHI Sunak will face questions from Sun readers first during our Never Mind The Ballots Election Showdown next Monday.

The PM is to be grilled from 5.30pm by Political Editor Harry Cole and Sun readers just 10 days before the election.

Labour chief Sir Keir Starmer will go second as both fight for hundreds of thousands of undecided voters including Sun readers on June 24.

The running order was decided by a random draw on this morning’s Never Mind The Ballots.

Our special Sun tombola spinner was filled with five red balls and five blue balls – with a blue one picked out by chance.

The back-to-back interviews are among the final chances for both sides to set out their stalls and defend their manifesto pledges ahead of July 4.

Both party leaders have appeared on our brilliant politics show before but will both be at The Sun’s London HQ for the all-important showdown.

The show will be broadcast live and can be watched on mcb777.fun and Sun social channels.

The Sun’s Cabinet of real-life Brits will give their verdict on the two men battling for the keys to No10 in a special two-hour live show.

Since the election was called in May, Never Mind The Ballots has been broadcast five mornings a week on YouTube.

The show has had more than 10 million views across all platforms as voters tune in to watch interviews with the biggest political names, including Mr Sunak, Mr Starmer, James Cleverly, Wes Streeting, Nigel Farage and Liz Truss.

The programme has agenda-setting interviews, debates, exclusive polling as well as Sun readers’ opinions on what they really want from the next Government and who, if anyone, can win their vote.

The Sun’s Editor-in-Chief, Victoria Newton says: “This is an important chance for Sun readers, who are always at the heart of British elections, to ask the questions that matter the most to them and their families.’’