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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar and Peter Walker

Sunak urges voters not to give Starmer ‘blank cheque’ as he launches Tory manifesto

Rishi Sunak gestures with his hand while speaking in front of a Tory campaign backdrop
Rishi Sunak launched the manifesto in a heavily Labour-focused speech at Silverstone racetrack in Northamptonshire. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Rishi Sunak has urged voters to not hand Keir Starmer a “blank cheque” as he launched a Conservative manifesto that promised a series of tax cuts but contained little in the way of surprises.

“Do not forget that Keir Starmer is asking you to hand him a blank cheque, when he hasn’t said what he’ll buy with it, or how much it’s going to cost you,” the prime minister said in a heavily Labour-focused speech at Silverstone racetrack in Northamptonshire.

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