‘Travelling circus’: Starmer says Tory hopefuls have lost economic credibility

Exclusive: Labour leader, speaking after meeting German chancellor, condemns candidates' fanciful' spending plans

Keir Starmer has dismissed the acrimonious Conservative leadership race as a travelling circus", in which the candidates have demolished their party's economic credibility by promising billions of pounds of unfunded tax cuts.

Speaking on a visit to Berlin where he held talks with the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, the Labour leader highlighted the fanciful" spending pledges made by the five contenders battling it out to succeed Boris Johnson.