Rishi Sunak used a major speech about the threats facing the UK to attack his Labour rival.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a keynote address at the Policy Exchange think tank in central London
Sir Keir rejected the attack, saying “I know first-hand the importance of national security” from his role as director of public prosecutions.Mr Sunak said that despite the dangers over the coming years, there was also opportunity and voters will have a choice between the Conservatives’ “optimistic” view of the future and Labour’s “doomsterism”.
Labour has said it wants to raise defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, but has not set a date for achieving that target and would carry out a defence review if it wins the election. “Because Russia’s economy has mobilised for war, he is continuing to be aggressive, we need to meet that aggression with strength.”
– Kept the door open for Boris Johnson to play a role during the election, saying the party was “a broad church” and the election was not a choice between “this Conservative and that Conservative” but against Labour.
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