Tory plan to cut immigration and Lib Dem social care pledge

Summary

1. Immigration is expected to feature in campaigning today after the Conservatives announced plans for a new annual cap on visas
2. Labour's Yvette Cooper said the announcement was "meaningless" from a Tory party which, she said, had trebled net migration since the last election
3. Nigel Farage's surprise return to lead the Reform Party, with its focus on reducing immigration, has heaped further pressure on the Tories
4. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is to warn of the national security threat to the UK that comes with continued dependence on energy from rogue foreign states
5. Lib Dem leader Ed Davey will launch a plan to “fix the social care crisis”, including providing free personal care to help elderly people stay in their own homes for longer
6. Starmer is to face Tory leader Rishi Sunak tonight in their first head-to-head debate of the election campaign, hosted by ITV
7. On Monday, Scottish political leaders went head to head over the future of the North Sea oil and gas industry in their first debate of the campaign