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PM accuses Tories of running ‘experiment in open borders’

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PM accuses Tories of running ‘experiment in open borders’

PM accuses Tories of running ‘experiment in open borders’

Sir Keir Starmer has accused the last government of a “one nation experiment in open borders”.

In a press conference in Downing Street, the prime minister accused the Conservatives of a “different order of failure” that happened “by design not accident”.

Starmer said: “Time and again the Conservative Party promised they would get the numbers down.

Time and again they failed, and now the chorus of excuses has begun.” Report by Covellm.

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