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Sarah Pochin called on Sir Keir Starmer to ban burkas in “the interest of public safety” during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (4 June).The new Reform UK MP used her first question to ask the prime minister if he would follow in the footsteps of other countries and prohibit them.Ms Pochin’s comment was met with jeers and outrage from fellow MPs.Sir Keir responded by welcoming Ms Pochin before saying he “won’t follow her down that line” and then making a jab at Nigel Farage. More

Sir Lindsay Hoyle accused the government of committing a “blatant breach” of the ministerial code over how it released details of a major defence review on Monday, 2 June.The Speaker took exception to details of the strategic defence review (SDR) being briefed out over the weekend and Sir Keir Starmer holding a media event several hours before the document was published in Parliament.Making it clear that the House of Commons, rather than the media, should be informed first, Sir Lindsay said of Labour: “This shows complete disregard for the House and for the honourable members.””The government appears to have breached the principle set out in paragraph 9.1 of the ministerial code – that when Parliament is in session, the most important announcements of government policy should be made in the first instance in Parliament.” More

Sir Keir Starmer has reiterated that‘‘nobody should be crossing the channel”, a day after a record number of migrants made the journey.Taking questions after he announced the Strategic Defence Review in Glasgow, the prime minister was grilled by GB News’ Katherine Foster on his “failure” to keep the British public “safe in the English channel”.He said that “nobody should be making that journey” and that the UK is working closely with France and other nations to “take further action” to prevent illegal crossings.On Sunday (1 June), more than 1,100 migrants arrived in the UK, the highest number recorded on a single day so far in 2025. More

Sir Keir Starmer has refused to rule out sending British troops to Russia, stating that the UK cannot “ignore the threat” Vladimir Putin poses.Asked on the BBC’s Radio 4’s Today programme whether the UK might have to send forces to Nato’s eastern border to “possibly die”, the prime minister replied: “I hope not.”.On Sunday (1 June), German’s chief of Defence, General Carsten Breuer, told the broadcaster that Russia would attack again within the next four years, highlighting Lithuania and Poland as particularly vulnerable.On Monday (2 June), Sir Keir told BBC’s Nick Robinson that in order to make sure British troops aren’t sent to the frontline, the UK “has to prepare”. More

Sir Keir Starmer has revealed that he was scared of the postman delivering bills through his letterbox growing up.The prime minister made the admission amid a scathing attack on Nigel Farage, where he warned Britons against the Reform UK’s leader’s “mad” economic plans.Delivering a speech in the north west of England on Thursday (29 May), Sir Keir said that unlike Mr Farage, he knows “what it’s like when your family can’t pay the bills, when you fear the postman and the bills that may be brought”.On Monday (25 May), Reform UK announced it will fully reinstate winter fuel payments and scrap the two-child benefit cap.Sir Keir slammed the party for pledging “completely unfunded” tax cuts which would trigger economic instability. More

A Labour minister has rejected Sir Sadiq Khan’s calls for the partial decriminalisation of cannabis, stating that the government’s stance “remains unchanged”.London’s mayor backed a report by the London Drugs Commission (LDC), which recommends that natural cannabis be removed from the Misuse of Drugs Act.The LDC, set up by Sir Sadiq in 2022 and chaired by former lord chancellor Lord Charlie Falconer, found the current laws on cannabis were “disproportionate to the harms it can pose” following a study of how the drug is policed around the world.Housing minister Matthew Pennycook said that whilst the London mayor is “entitled to his view on the matter”, there is no intention to reclassify the class B drug. More

Nigel Farage has said Reform activists depicting female cabinet ministers as cows to be slaughtered is “probably not very funny”.The Reform UK leader responded to a report by The Independent about an image that emerged from a Reform local election stunt depicting Angela Rayner, Rachel Reeves and Bridget Phillipson as cows heading to the abattoir.He said: “All sorts of appalling things get said and done by people fighting in elections at a local and national level.“We get it done to us, and if one or two of our people do it to them, maybe, if it’s funny, it probably isn’t very funny.” More