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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ben Hatton

Starmer criticises Tory record on mortgages and housing ahead of local elections

PA Wire

Sir Keir Starmer said millions will pay the price of Tory “recklessness” in higher mortgages and a shortage of homes as the party leaders clashed in their final exchanges before local elections in England on Thursday.

The Labour leader put the focus on the fallout of Liz Truss’s short stint as prime minister and higher mortgage rates, while claiming Conservative councillors “simply don’t want to build the houses local people need”.

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