‘People want change’ says Starmer as Sunak suffers double election blow
by Christopher McKeon
Feb 16, 2024
3 minutes
Rishi Sunak has suffered a double defeat at the Wellingborough and Kingswood by-elections, with Sir Keir Starmer hailing the results as a sign the public wants change.
The twin blows will compound the Prime Minister’s woes, coming the day after it was officially announced that the UK had entered a recession at the end of 2023, and mean the Conservatives have suffered more by-election defeats than in any single Parliament since the Second World War.
Labour overturned majorities of 11,220 and 18,540, delivering the Government’s ninth and tenth
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