Rishi takes on Sir Keir

RISHI Sunak yesterday urged Sir Keir Starmer to “unglue himself from the fence” and call on consultants and junior doctors to end their strike action.

The Prime Minister suggested the Labour leader was taking inspiration from Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil activists by failing to budge on the issue of health pay, as the pair clashed during Prime Minister’s Questions over NHS waiting lists.

The two leaders also swapped jibes on their financial policies, with Mr Sunak joking that Sir Keir’s comments made a “very strong case for doing maths all the way to 61” rather than the initial ambition of 18.

Sir Keir countered: “If he’s so good at maths, he’ll know I’m 60, not 61.”