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Labour: PM too weak to stand up to Tory dinosaurs

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Labour: PM too weak to stand up to Tory dinosaurs

Labour: PM too weak to stand up to Tory dinosaurs

Shadow immigration minister Stephen Kinnock accuses Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of being “too weak” to stand up to Conservative Party back bench “dinosaurs” over the blocking of building onshore wind turbines.

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