Sunak must 'answer for his choices' says Starmer following D-Day snub as PM labels interview 'a mistake'

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Sunak must 'answer for his choices' says Starmer following D-Day snub as PM labels interview 'a mistake'
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Sir Keir Starmer says Rishi Sunak must 'answer for his choices' after the PM left D-Day commemorations in France early to return to the UK for an interview.

Sir Keir Starmer says Rishi Sunak must "answer for his choices" after the PM left D-Day commemorations in France early to return to the UK for an interview. The Prime Minister was seen to skip a gathering of world leaders on Omaha Beach on Thursday, instead choosing to return to the UK to give an interview defending comments made surrounding Labour's tax plans.

"Read more: 'Isolation is not the answer', Joe Biden warns, as world leaders gather to mark 80th anniversary of D-DayRead more: Today on D-Day’s 80th anniversary I remember my uncle Hamish who died bravely during WWII, writes Andrew MarrResponding to the Prime Minister's apology, Jonathan Ashworth, Labour's Shadow Paymaster General, said: "Yesterday’s D-Day commemorations were about remembering the bravery of all those who serve our country.

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