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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Starmer is turning into ‘continuity Rishi Sunak’, says Liberal Democrats leader

Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak walking together and talking in Westminster.
Starmer and Sunak were criticised by Davey for thinking ‘tweaks’ were enough to improve the country. Photograph: Ian Vogler/Reuters

Keir Starmer risks becoming little more than “continuity Rishi Sunak” because of his lack of vision and ambition, Ed Davey has said in a damning assessment of the prime minister’s first year in power.

The Liberal Democrats leader, whose party recorded its best result in a century at the last general election, said believed Starmer was a decent and principled man, but that it was unclear what he stood for.

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