Sir Keir Starmer urges public to follow lockdown and show national unity
Leader of the Labour Party Sir Keir Starmer addresses members of the public ina recorded address following the move into a full national lockdown inEngland.
The Labour leader has said Natalie Elphicke has made clear the Conservative Party are "out of road" and "incompetent", following her defection to Labour. Sir Keir Starmer added, "I don't think she's alone", and believes there are "many Conservative supporters and voters" who feel Labour is the "only party that can take our country forward". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Sir Keir Starmer says Labour would scrap the government's Rwanda scheme, labelling it a "waste of taxpayers' money". The Labour leader adds a new Border Security Command would help take down people-smuggling gangs in the first place. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Rishi Sunak has accused Sir Keir Starmer of "rank hypocrisy" over the Labour leader's plan to establish a new Border Security Command to tackle people-smuggling gangs bringing migrants across the Channel. The prime minister says Labour's plan will "offer an amnesty to illegal migrants" and that the government will get its planes to Rwanda off the ground. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Sir Keir Starmer says Labour will end the Rwanda policy permanently, adding it is a "gimmick not a solution". The Labour leader says his party will use new counter-terrorism powers to tackle people-smuggling gangs bringing migrants across the Channel in small boats and establish a new Border Security Command. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Reacting to the UK recording 100,000 deaths Labour leader Sir Keir Starmersaid it was a “national tragedy”, adding: “We must never become numb to thesenumbers or treat them as just statistics...
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said the Government's measure of the coronavirus death toll passing 100,000 is a "national tragedy". In a statement, Sir Keir said: "This is a national tragedy and a..
Sir Keir Starmer questioned why Boris Johnson was “so slow to act” wheninfection rates began to surge in December. The Labour leader said: “The lastPMQs was on December 16. The Prime Minister..
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