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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Keir Starmer: UK needs election now whether Liz Truss stays or goes

Keir Starmer during prime minister's questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday
Keir Starmer said Liz Truss had driven the economy ‘into a wall’ while ‘trashing our institutions’. Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA

Keir Starmer has called for a general election now regardless of whether Liz Truss is ousted by the Conservatives, saying the government is “completely at the end of the road” and Labour is preparing for power.

In an interview with the Guardian, the Labour leader said Truss had driven the economy “into a wall” while “trashing our institutions”, and changing the prime minister again without allowing the country to vote would not be acceptable.

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