Stop trying to ‘out-Reform, Reform’, deputy Labour leadership candidate warns Starmer

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In a damning indictment of the government, Lucy Powell said her 21-year-old son had ‘struggled’ with her being part of the Labour government because ‘we’ve not got some of the politics right’

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Labour deputy leadership candidate Lucy Powell has warned Sir Keir Starmer against “trying to out Reform, Reform” if he wants to win the local elections next year.

Stop trying to ‘out-Reform, Reform’, deputy Labour leadership candidate warns Starmer

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