Keir Starmer called ‘petty’ over Margaret Thatcher portrait removal as PM to reveal smoking ban – UK politics live

Labour leader Keir Starmer has criticized the Conservative government for failing to raise taxes on tobacco, accusing them of going against Margaret Thatcher’s legacy of implementing the smoking ban. Starmer argues that increasing tobacco taxes would help fund the NHS and reduce smoking-related deaths, highlighting a potential policy difference between the two parties.

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