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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sunak defends voter ID after Rees-Mogg says law backfired

Leaflets calling for ID at a polling station during the local elections
Leaflets calling for photo ID at a polling station during the local elections. Photograph: Geoffrey Swaine/Shutterstock

Rishi Sunak has defended new laws requiring voters to bring ID as “entirely reasonable” after Jacob Rees-Mogg suggested the move was designed to gerrymander election results in favour of the Tories.

Sunak said he was “very comfortable” with controversial rules following Rees-Mogg’s critical comments and reports that thousands of people were turned away from polling stations at the local elections in May.

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