Politics latest: Angela Rayner labels Rishi Sunak a 'pint-sized loser'; PM insists defence spending pledge 'fully-funded'

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Labour’s Angela Rayner calls Rishi Sunak a ‘pint-size loser’ in Tory election dig

Angela Rayner labelled Rishi Sunak a “pint-sized loser” as she claimed Boris Johnson was the Conservative Party’s “biggest election winner” during a heated Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) exchange. The Labour deputy leader accused Oliver Dowden of urging the prime minister to call an early general election to minimise Tory losses on Wednesday (24 April). Ms Rayner said: “Has he finally realised that when he stabbed Boris Johnson in the back to…