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General election live: Rishi Sunak criticised as ‘out of touch’ after Sky TV comments

General election live: Rishi Sunak criticised as ‘out of touch’ after Sky TV comments



General secretary of the TUC says ‘millions of kids are going hungry’ after PM uses Sky TV as an example of things he went without as a childThe UK economy flatlined in April, held back by wet weather, as the signs of a recovery from last year’s recession began to fade.In a blow to Rishi Sunak’s hopes of signalling a strong bounceback before the general election next month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said monthly growth slowed after a 0.4% increase in March.In this case, of course, the concern would be that if Keir Starmer were to go into No 10 – it will either be Rishi Sunak, or Keir Starmer there’s no other outcomes to this election – and that power was in some way unchecked, it would be very bad news for people in this country.A blank cheque approach allowing someone to do anything they wanted, particularly when their particular set of plans are so vague, and they say ‘change’, but you have no idea what they actually want to change to, other than the fact that they’ve outlined plans which would cost £2,094 to every working family in this country. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/jun/12/general-election-rishi-sunak-sky-news-keir-starmer-tories-labour-green-party-manifesto-uk-politics

Author : Amy Sedghi

Publish date : 2024-06-12 08:08:05

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