Labour to PM: Ignore backbenchers, we'll vote with you on NI
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Labour to PM: Ignore backbenchers, we'll vote with you on NI
Keir Starmer says Labour will vote with the government on a Northern Ireland Protocol deal so that Rishi Sunak "doesn't have to rely on his backbenchers".
The Labour leader says "national interest comes first", but questions whether the prime minister is "strong enough to get it through his own backbenches".
Report by Wardl.
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Labour has criticised the government's handling of the Northern Ireland Protocol, saying they need to stop listening to their own backbenchers. Shadow Policing Minister Sarah Jones says its "not..
Shadow Health Minister Liz Kendall says Rishi Sunak is unable to control backbenchers and MPs in his own cabinet as he puts the Conservative party before the country.
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