Summary

  • Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Jeremy Hunt, Sajid Javid and Rory Stewart have taken part in a live TV debate

  • It was hosted by Newsnight's Emily Maitlis with questions from viewers across the country

  • Topics included Brexit, tax cuts, climate change, social care and Islamophobia

  • Earlier, MPs voted in the latest leadership contest ballot

  • Dominic Raab was knocked out

  • The five candidates will face another round of voting on Wednesday

  1. Fifth question on help for vulnerable childrenpublished at 20:36 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

    Tina from Tunbridge Wells says: "I have fostered more than 100 children over 27 years.

    "Despite the support from my local authority I now struggle to get appropriate mental health services, special educational needs support, and even doctors' appointments.

    "What are you going to do for vulnerable children?"

  2. Stewart: Now not the time for tax cutspublished at 20:35 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

    Rory Stewart says the other candidates have pledged tax cuts that would cost £84bn a year.

    He says he doesn't think this is "the time to be cutting taxes", with public services under "huge pressures".

    He has a pop at his rivals suggesting they are dreaming up policies to get through 'the next 15 days".

  3. First mention of Jeremy Corbyn....published at 20:35 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

    Chris Mason
    Political Correspondent

    ... 32 minutes in. Emily shuts them down though, saying: "I don't want to talk about Jeremy Corbyn."

  4. Watch: Can potential PMs get Brexit deal though by October?published at 20:34 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

    The first question to the five men who could be the next Tory leader and PM is about a Brexit date guarantee.

  5. Gove vs Johnsonpublished at 20:33 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

    Chris Mason
    Political Correspondent

    Michael Gove directly criticises Boris Johnson's tax policy for easing the burden on the better off.

  6. Gove on taxpublished at 20:33 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

    Chris Mason
    Political Correspondent

    Michael Gove repeats his idea to scrap VAT, which he set out in a Sunday newspaper recently. But no further detail, so far. He talks a lot about his family background and says he understands working people.

  7. Johnson tax 'ambition'published at 20:33 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

    Chris Mason
    Political Correspondent

    Boris Johnson accidentally ignores Emily Maitlis, but not for long. "Forgive me," he says, when she points out "I'm here." She's stood next to him.

    Now on tax and his plans for higher earners. He says it's his "ambition" - there is a big, big difference between an "ambition" and a promise to do it.

  8. Javid and Hunt pledge to cut tax for lower earnerspublished at 20:31 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

    Sajid Javid says he would focus tax cuts on "working people" through the basic rate of income tax. These people have been under "too much pressure", he says.

    Jeremy Hunt also says he would like to "reduce the tax burden on the lowest paid".

    He says eventually he would like people to be able to pay £1,000 a month without having to pay any income tax or national insurance.

    They're setting themselves against Boris Johnson - up shortly - who's already announced an aspiration to cut taxes for higher earners.

  9. Watch: Stewart and Johnson clash on no dealpublished at 20:31 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

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  10. 'Is it too late to keep Theresa May?'published at 20:31 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

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  11. Can the Irish border question be solved through technology?published at 20:30 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

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    Back for a moment to the issue of the Irish border. Asked about how he would deal with the question, Sajid Javid said: "It is perfectly possible to have an open border with two different customs arrangements on either side of the border using existing technology."

    Other borders between EU and non-EU countries do use technology - for example at the Sweden-Norway border cars go through unmanned border posts equipped with cameras that use an automatic number plate recognition system and goods are declared to customs before they leave warehouses. There is still some physical infrastructure.

    But the EU still requires physical checks of goods at the Swedish border, so this system alone wouldn’t eliminate the need for checks at the border in Ireland - a key sticking point in negotiations.

  12. Hunt on tax cutspublished at 20:30 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

    Chris Mason
    Political Correspondent

    Jeremy Hunt

    More of a specific, in terms of an aspiration, from Jeremy Hunt in terms of tax cuts - he wants people to be able to earn £1,000 a month before paying tax. But the income tax threshold is around that already, so is that a reference to National Insurance?

  13. Tax cuts? No specifics from Javidpublished at 20:29 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

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    Political Correspondent

    Sajid Javid talks about tax cuts - but no specifics.

  14. 'No direct answers' on Irish borderpublished at 20:28 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

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  15. 25 minutes in and the topic changespublished at 20:27 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

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    The Brexit chat - head on, at least - is done. Now onto tax...

  16. Fourth question on tax cuts for working classespublished at 20:27 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

    James in Oxford, who says he used to be a Conservative voter but now considers himself party-less, asks the candidates: "What is your plan to lift the tax burden on the working classes?"

  17. Candidates split on feasibility of replacing backstoppublished at 20:27 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

    Michael Gove says there is a need to "supercharge" work on alternative arrangements that could replace the backstop plan in the Brexit deal.

    But Rory Stewart says the EU has made it "entirely clear" that the withdrawal agreement must include the currently configured backstop.

  18. Hunt's border technology 'does not exist'published at 20:26 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

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  19. Stewart vs Johnsonpublished at 20:25 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

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    A double blast of sarcasm from Rory Stewart towards Boris Johnson... followed by an assumption he will duck the question. This is the kind of scrutiny Team Johnson hoped to escape tonight if Mr Stewart had been knocked out.