Sir Keir Starmer insists there is a “material difference” between investigations into Conservative candidates and officials and the former police probe into Angela Rayner. The Labour leader says: "The Tories caught up in this gambling escapade are openly admitting that they did it." Greater Manchester Police dropped the investigation in May and concluded Ms Rayner would face no further police action. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Angela Rayner wasn't suspended from your party while she was under investigation.
00:03Why should it be any different for Tory candidates who have alleged to have
00:06gambled on the day of the election? Isn't that double standard?
00:09I think there's a material difference and that is that the Tories caught up in this
00:14gambling escapade are openly admitting that they did it. There's no issue here
00:20about that. It is the middle of an election campaign and Rishi Sunak needs
00:25to show some leadership. If these were my candidates I'll tell you what they'd be
00:28gone. Their feet wouldn't have touched the floor and there's a bigger argument
00:33here about politics because the first instinct of these Tories about a
00:37general election is not what can we do for our country but let's see if we can
00:42make some money and that is part of the change that is you know absolutely vital
00:47at the election a week on Thursday.