to represent the government later in the day at omaha beach. conservative sources say reports that the prime minister had it was said he would have to answer for his own actions. reform uk s nigel farage said, rishi sunak could not even be bothered to attend the international event above omaha beach. who really believes in our people, him or me? it comes as representatives of the seven biggest parties in the uk prepare to take part in a special 90 minute election debate on the bbc tonight where they ll face questions from the audience. the parties have all made new policy pledges today, the conservatives on child benefit, labour on low deposit mortgages and the lib dems on parental leave. this our political correspondent hannah miller has this report. a line up of world leaders rom right to left, president biden, german chancellor olaf scholz, french president emmanuel macron and british foreign secretary david cameron. they were at an event to commemorate those who fou
to pay my respects to them and those that didn t return, and actually to say thank you. now, rishi sunak will have to answer for his own actions, for me there was else i was going to be. other parties have not held back in their criticism. i think it s a truly breathtakingly terrible decision. he has disgraced his office. i think people up and down the country will be aghast. he has proved to me he is basically not a patriotic leader of the conservative party. some of those who attended the event were equally unimpressed. it is disrespectful to the atmosphere. you see the whole atmosphere of this place which is of commemoration. he would have been better to stay here, where the heroes were here. the conservative minister who represents veteran said he would continue to support the prime minister. personally, it is a bit crushing, yes, but it is what it is and he has apologised and he has made a mistake and it is not reflective of his wider work on veterans.