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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jamie Grierson

Sunak must stand up to ‘Brexit purity cult’ in Tory party, says Starmer

Starmer during a Brexit Business Working Group breakfast in Belfast on Thursday.
Keir Starmer during a Brexit business working group breakfast in Belfast on Thursday. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA

Keir Starmer is to challenge Rishi Sunak to stand up to the “Brexit purity cult” of Eurosceptics within the Conservative party to resolve the Northern Ireland protocol impasse.

The Labour leader will use a speech in Belfast on Friday to encourage the prime minister to take on the once highly influential European Research Group (ERG) of backbench Tory MPs to find a fix for issues arising from Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trading arrangements.

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