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UK Prime Minister Sunak suffers further blow as another Conservative lawmaker defects to Labour | KLRT [Video]

LONDON (AP) British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was accused Wednesday of leading a chaotic government as another one of his Conservative lawmakers defected to the main opposition Labour Party ahead of a looming general election. In a stunning move just ahead of the weekly prime ministers questions, Natalie Elphicke crossed the floor of the []

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Sunak ‘determined to fight’ on as he insists election not a foregone conclusion [Video]

Rishi Sunak has insisted the result of the next general election “isn’t a foregone conclusion” and that he is “absolutely determined to fight” on, despite a drubbing for the Tories in the local and mayoral polls.The Prime Minister resisted calls from Conservative rebels to change his political course, saying he is “determined more than ever to show the public that what we’re doing is making a difference”.Read Daily Express: https://www.express.co.ukLike Daily Express on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DailyExpressFollow Daily Express on Twitter: https://twitter.com/daily_expressFollow Daily Express on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dailyexpress/#DailyExpress #News #Sunak

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Conservatives gaslighting public over economy, says Rachel Reeves | News [Video]

Labour will fight the next election on the economy, the shadow chancellor has said as she dismissed suggestions the UK was heading for a hung parliament. In a speech in the City of London on Tuesday 7 April, Rachel Reeves said her party would use every day to expose what the Conservatives have done to our country and accused the government of gaslighting the public by claiming Britain had turned a corner. She said: Instead of believing the prime ministers claims that weve turned a corner, the questions people will ask ahead of the next election are simple. Frankly, does anything in our country work better than it did when the Conservatives came into office 14 years ago?