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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Woodcock

Sacked Labour frontbencher warns Starmer risks being ‘blown over’ by cost-of-living crisis

UK Parliament

A Labour MP sacked by Keir Starmer after conducting TV interviews from a picket line has warned the party’s leader risks being “blown over” by his failure to take strong action on the cost-of-living crisis.

Writing in The Independent, Sam Tarry said that Starmer cannot lead Labour to election victory against a new Conservative prime minister unless working people believe that he “stands with them” in the face of soaring prices and falling living standards.

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