Starmer is turning into ‘continuity Rishi Sunak’, says Liberal Democrats leader

Exclusive: PM lacks ambition and vision, says Ed Davey in damning assessment of first 12 months in power

Keir Starmer risks becoming little more than continuity Rishi Sunak" because of his lack of vision and ambition, Ed Davey has said in a damning assessment of the prime minister's first year in power.

The Liberal Democrats leader, whose party recorded its best result in a century at the last general election, said believed Starmer was a decent and principled man, but that it was unclear what he stood for.