Starmer says 1.7m people face higher mortgages as Tories used money like ‘casino chips’

‘Nearly a million people, paying more on their mortgage each month because his party used their money as a casino chip,’ Sir Keir told Rishi Sunak at PMQs

Sir Keir Starmer said more than a million Britons face higher mortgage payments because the Tories treated their money like “casino chips”.

The Labour leader blamed higher housing costs on the Conservatives for “crashing the economy” with last autumn’s disastrous so-called mini-budget.

Sir Keir said that as a result, 850,000 people “are paying more on their mortgages each month”. And by the end of the year he said a further 930,000 would be paying a premium because of the fallout of the financial plans.