Keir Starmer expressed his disappointment after Labour lost badly to the Tory party in Hartlepool, promising to reconnect with voters. The Labour leader said he would 'take full responsibility for fixing things' and set a 'strong case to the country', adding that Labour spent too long focussed on internal party politics

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