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Key points made by Keir Starmer of Labour party during a 2 day visit to Berlin to meet Chancellor Scholz.

Starmer says -Labour is ready to fight an election on the economy and win. Labour understands what it means to live with high inflation.

He said "it feels like the Tories are like a football team dragged into the relegation zone and can see the drop, and are desperately trying to change the manager in the hope and belief that it will make a difference."

"We're dealing with a cost of living crisis- people literally unable to pay their bills- and you've got a Conservative Party leadership race that is completely divorced from reality."

Starmer says all the Tory leadership candidates should be challenged how they are going to fund their tax cuts and spending pledges- by borrowing or slashing public services.

Labour will win respect at the negotiating table in any efforts to work with the EU to make Brexit work better. Its position on Northern Ireland will be well received in the EU.