Starmer: Tories put 'party first and country second'
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Starmer: Tories put 'party first and country second'
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer confronted Prime Minister Rishi Sunak about his decision to appoint Suella Braverman as home secretary, saying that ''there is another Tory at the top, but as always with them it's party first and country second".
The confrontation took place during the Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons.
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