UK

Natalie Elphicke becomes second Conservative MP to defect to Labour in two weeks

PM Rishi Sunak’s party trailing Keir Starmer’s Labour by some 20 points in opinion polls with election expected later this year

UK Labour leader Keir Starmer with former Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke in his parliamentary office in the House of Commons in London on Wednesday. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
UK Labour leader Keir Starmer with former Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke in his parliamentary office in the House of Commons in London on Wednesday. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
Wed May 08 2024 - 18:23 • 2 MIN READ

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