Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has defended a series of Labour adverts attacking Rishi Sunak, and stated: 'There's more to come.' Read more:
Labour cited data from the Ministry of Justice that showed 4,500 adults convicted of sex acts on children had avoided a prison sentence since the Conservatives came to power in 2010.Referring to the claim in the advert, he said:"Well, I have to assume that he thinks that because otherwise it's either that or incompetence, isn't it?"
"Either he thinks it, which is bad, or he doesn't think it but isn't doing anything about it, which is equally bad. "Either he's got the wrong policies and principles or he's just incompetent and can't deliver and either, I think, is a problem for the prime minister of the country. "And Labour is absolutely right to take the gloves off and hold the government to account for 13 years of appalling failure on law and order and the economy.
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