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General election live: Reform UK rejects claim its candidates are racist, misogynistic and bigoted
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Party statement comes after Reform UK candidate defected to the Tories, citing bigotry of her former colleagues
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Meanwhile Rishi Sunak is expected to tell voters today that “If just 130,000 people switch their vote and lend us their support, we can deny Starmer that supermajority,” PA reports.
Keir Starmer has said a big majority would be “better for the country”, as the Tories continue to urge voters to proceed with caution and not hand Labour a “blank cheque”.
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