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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aletha Adu

Rachel Reeves says Labour is ‘back in the game’ for Tamworth byelection

Rachel Reeves with Labour’s candidate in Tamworth, Sarah Edwards.
Rachel Reeves with Labour’s candidate in Tamworth, Sarah Edwards. Photograph: Fabio De Paola/The Observer

The tight race to win this week’s byelection in Tamworth shows “there really are no more no-go areas for the Labour party”, the shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has said.

Speaking before the vote in the Staffordshire seat on Thursday, Reeves said the road to Downing Street for Keir Starmer ran through the West Midlands.

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