Starmer and Sunak Trade Jibes as Rivals Zone In on Target Voters
- UK Labour leader says party can be trusted on economy, defense
- Sunak’s Tories face squeeze from Reform UK, Liberal Democrats
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Opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer mocked Rishi Sunak’s plan to revive national service for young Britons if his Conservatives cling to power, as the rivals used a UK bank holiday to campaign in two areas that underscored the very different challenges they face in the July 4 election.
Starmer, whose party has held a lead of about 20 points in the polls for well over a year, used a speech in Lancing on England’s southern coast to urge voters to trust Labour on the economy and national security. He promised to fix what he called the “chaos” of 14 years of Tory government and said Sunak’s national service idea is emblematic of his habit of sudden policy shifts.