Sunak defends voter ID after Rees-Mogg says law backfired
by Rowena Mason in Hiroshima from World news | The Guardian on (#6BTPG)
Prime minister says he is very comfortable' with controversial rules despite former business secretary's admission of gerrymandering
Rishi Sunak has defended new laws requiring voters to bring ID as entirely reasonable" after Jacob Rees-Mogg suggested the move was designed to gerrymander election results in favour of the Tories.
Sunak said he was very comfortable" with controversial rules following Rees-Mogg's critical comments and reports that thousands of people were turned away from polling stations at the local elections in May.
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