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Nicholas Cecil

Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer in furious PMQs bust-up over strikes set to cripple rail network

Industrial action set to take place on the rail and Tube network on June 21

(Picture: PA Archive)

Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer clashed furiously on Wednesday at Prime Minister Questions over the series of strikes next week which will cripple the country’s rail network.

The Prime Minister hit out first, when being grilled over the cost-of-living crisis, rounding on Sir Keir by saying: “What would be useful in supporting the UK economy right now would be if the leader of the Labour Party ended his sphinx-like silence about the RMT strikes coming up.

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