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Sunak urges voters not to hand Labour a ‘blank cheque’ by choosing Reform

Source: PA Wire

Rishi Sunak has insisted that voting for Reform UK would be “handing Labour a blank cheque” as he played down a major opinion poll showing Nigel Farage’s party overtaking the Conservatives.

The Prime Minister predicted a comeback as he stressed “we are only halfway through this election” and the choice between the Tories and Labour will “crystallise for people between now and polling day”.

It came after Reform UK leader Mr Farage claimed his party was now “the opposition to Labour” and flipped the Conservative campaign rhetoric by

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