- Author, Kate Whannel
- Role, BBC Politics
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has accused the Conservatives of producing a “Jeremy Corbyn style manifesto”.
Referencing the former leader of his own party, Sir Keir said the Tories had drawn up a document that would “load everything into the wheelbarrow” without explaining how to pay for it.
Sir Keir served in Mr Corbyn’s shadow cabinet but defended his criticism saying: “If you lose that badly, you don’t look at the electorate… you look at your party and say ‘You need to change’.”
The Labour leader’s comments came ahead of Rishi Sunak launching his manifesto at the Silverstone race track in Northamptonshire.
Mr Sunak said his manifesto showed that “our economy has truly turned a corner” and that his party’s policies would ensure “more British success stories”.
He said the measures were “fully funded and would result in lower borrowing in…
