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Sir Keir Starmer compared Kemi Badenoch to “an arsonist complaining about the person putting the fire out” in a heated immigration debate during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, 11 December.Attacking his record as Director of Public Prosecutions, the Conservative leader said the prime minister backed criminals instead of law-abiding British people, arguing that Sir Keir voted against more than 100 migration control measures and said it was wrong when the previous government revoked Shamima Begum’s citizenship.Sir Keir defended his record by declaring he “dedicated 5 years of his life to law enforcement” and described Ms Badenoch’s accusations he has not done anything were like “an arsonist complaining about the person putting the fire out.” More

Labour’s plans for fast-tracking prison building would involve overruling the objections of local authorities, justice secretary Shabana Mahmood appeared to accept.When asked by BBC Breakfast if the government would override the objections of local people and local councils, the MP for Birmingham Ladywood replied: “Yes, so our manifesto commitment was that we consider prisons to be of national importance.“These are critical infrastructure projects, they are absolutely necessary to make sure the country doesn’t run out of prison places.”In the future, a new prison building would take place according to the crown development route and the decision would go to Angela Rayner, the Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary, Ms Mahmood explained. More

Nigel Farage squirmed in a heated interview as he was questioned on a Reform UK MP’s assault conviction for kicking his former girlfriend 18 years ago.The party leader described James McMurdock as someone who has “picked himself up from a terrible situation and made a big success.”The former investment banker did not publicly disclose his conviction for assault before being elected and claimed he had “pushed” his partner.The Times later obtained information about his sentencing from the courts, which said he was locked up for 21 days in a young offenders’ institute for kicking the victim “around four times” in 2006 when he was a teenager.Mr Farage dismissed the “discrepancy” between Mr McMurdock’s comments about the incident and the official record as an issue for constituents. More

Angela Rayner insisted “I hate failure” as she remained defiant over Labour’s new homes target.The deputy prime minister said she is determined to meet her 1.5 million new homes target, but wouldn’t guarantee it, when she appeared on Sky News with Trevor Phillips on Sunday (8 December).The housebuilding commitment was one of the six “milestones” Sir Keir Starmer set out in a wide-ranging speech on Thursday (5 December), against which the public can measure the Government’s performance.Ms Rayner said the Government was “tackling the housing crisis we inherited head-on with bold action” as it worked towards building 1.5 million homes over five years. More

Former prime minister Boris Johnson has created a bizarre celebrity Christmas ‘naughty and nice’ list – with some surprising additions.Sat eating a mince pie, Mr Johnson ponders over who to include on his list, as part of a promotional video released for his book, Unleashed.Celebrity names mentioned include Michael Gove, Jeremy Clarkson, Laura Kuenssberg, and Leonardo DiCaprio.Referencing the latter, Mr Johnson states: “A great Hollywood champion for tackling climate change. On the other hand, he did spend a long time on the bog during the cop summit.” More

Nigel Farage described Alastair Campbell as the “worst loser in history” while the pair clashed over the impact of Brexit on Thursday’s (5 December) episode of Question Time.The former director of communications for Tony Blair explained that he was disappointed that Keir Starmer did not mention Brexit when setting out his government’s “plan for change” in a speech, which the Reform UK leader reacted to by declaring: “Oh dear.”Mr Farage and Mr Campbell then called each other the “worst loser” and “worst winner” respectively as they disagreed on how leaving the European Union has affected the United Kingdom. More