General election latest: Keir Starmer says Rishi Sunak didn't 'catch us' with surprise election call; Jeremy Hunt defends PM's interest rates claim
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Sir Keir Starmer is launching Labour's general election campaign in Wales; Jeremy Hunt defends PM's interest rates claim. Plaid Cymru launches its general election campaign, calling for an end to ignoring Wales at Westminster. Labour leader Keir Starmer denies being blocking left-wing candidates from standing. Green Party co-leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay launch their campaign, offering 'real hope and real change'. Caroline Lucas of the Green Party says the Tories will be 'shown the door' by voters. Sir Keir Starmer launches Labour's general election campaign in Wales, rejecting the notion that Rishi Sunak caught them off guard with the early election call. Shadow Welsh secretary Jo Stevens pokes fun at Sunak's Euros gaffe. Labour will 'rebuild our broken asylum system', says shadow foreign secretary David Lammy. Welsh First Minister Vaughan Gething calls the election 'the moment we've been waiting for', criticizes the Tories for treating politics as a game. 

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