Party pact Starmer ‘will bite off SNP’S hand’ for votes

Sir Keir Starmer will be “biting the hand off ” the SNP for votes to command the Commons if Labour fails to secure a majority at the next general election, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

The Scottish leader said she did not believe Labour will refuse to negotiate with her party in the event of a hung Parliament, despite Sir Keir’s insistence he will not pursue a pact “in any circumstances”. Sir Keir has ruled out a deal with the SNP.