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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Deputy political editor

Keir Starmer dares Rishi Sunak to call immediate general election

Keir Starmer at PMQs
Keir Starmer said Rishi Sunak was ‘too weak’ to stand up to Boris Johnson. Photograph: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA

Keir Starmer has challenged Rishi Sunak to hold an immediate general election and accused the prime minister of being more focused on internal Conservative wrangling over honours than on the economy and asylum.

In a perhaps predictable line of attack at prime minister’s questions, after days of negative headlines about peerages and other honours for supporters of Boris Johnson, Starmer said Sunak was “too weak” to stand up to the former prime minister.

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