Overview

• The Prime Minister will join the annual Westminster Abbey commemoration on Sunday marking 85 years since the 1940 air campaign.
• He said the date reminds the country of values that bind people together, praising duty, sacrifice and national unity.
• The service is scheduled from 11am to 12pm, with a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flypast to follow.
• The flypast typically features a Lancaster bomber with fighters such as a Spitfire and a Hurricane.
• Starmer is due to meet the Dean of Westminster, Squadron Leader Charlie Warden, the Lord Lieutenant of Greater London and the Chief of the Air Staff, with Marshal of the RAF The Lord Craig also attending.