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Amy Gibbons

Keir Starmer warns financial markets are spooked by Tory ‘psychodrama’

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (Stefan Rousseau/PA) (Picture: PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer has warned that the markets are spooked by “chaos” in Westminster as reports suggested the Chancellor is considering up to £20 billion of tax hikes in the highly anticipated Halloween budget.

The Labour leader also urged disillusioned Tory MPs to put the interests of the British people first, as he warned the “psychodrama” in their party is “not a game” for people struggling to make ends meet.

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