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    Sunak and Starmer expected to attend state banquet in run-up to election

    by Laura Elston Jun 18, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: PA Archive

    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer are set to attend the Japanese state banquet at Buckingham Palace, just over a week before the General Election.

    Mr Sunak and Sir Keir have been invited to the grand affair hosted by the King in honour of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako next Tuesday evening and are currently both expected to be there.

    A Japanese Foreign Ministry official

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