Sir Keir Starmer has directly pinned Labour’s loss in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election on Sadiq Khan’s ULEZ expansion, sowing disruption within the party.
Speaking to broadcasters during a visit to Shefford in the Mid Bedfordshire constituency, the Labour leader said: “I don’t think there is any doubt that Ulez was the reason that we lost the election in Uxbridge.
“And I have said we should reflect on this, including the mayor [Sadiq Khan]. I have spoken to him as you would expect, and so there will be that reflection.
“But we’re not sitting back, we’re not looking over our shoulder. We’re pressing forward.
“There should be an election, a by-election in Mid Bedfordshire, and so I’m here talking to local residents, to people who are now fed up and want a by-election desperately and want to vote Labour.
“So yes, of course we reflect, but we’re moving forward here because the goal is to get to that general election.”
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