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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Archie Mitchell

Starmer says 1.7m people face higher mortgages as Tories used money like ‘casino chips’

Parliament live

Sir Keir Starmer said more than a million Britons face higher mortgage payments because the Tories treated their money like “casino chips”.

The Labour leader blamed higher housing costs on the Conservatives for “crashing the economy” with last autumn’s disastrous so-called mini-budget.

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