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       Keir Starmer heads to Commons from No10 (Image: Getty)

       Tory leader Kemi Badenoch and Sir Keir Starmer have gone head-to-head in a Commons clash over migration.

       Kemi Badenoch demanded that Keir Starmer finally put Britain first amid a new row about asylum seekers from Palestine.

       The Tory leader slammed the Government for refusing to say whether they will amend current laws, after a judge allowed a family of six from Gaza to apply for asylum in Britain via a scheme set up to help refugees from Ukraine.

       Sir Keir promised to close legal loophole on Gazans right to settle in the UK.

       The pair are facing each other at the Despatch box for the final time before Parliament's recess next week.

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       8 hours ago12:39 Steph Spyro

       Badenoch raises concerns about Attorney General Lord Hermer

       Kemi Badenoch said there are “very serious questions” being asked about the Attorney General Lord Hermer.

       Mrs Badenoch said: “If we are serious about protecting our borders we need to make sure we appoint people who believe in our country and everything we stand for.

       “It is not clear the Attorney General does. The Government is now recruiting a new chief inspector of borders who lives in Finland and wants to work from home. This is not serious. Why should the British public put up with this?”

       Sir Keir Starmer said the appointment for the borders role will be “working from the United Kingdom full time”.

       He then said: “She talks about the Attorney General. She sat round the Cabinet table with an attorney who was later sacked for breaching national security.”

       8 hours ago12:27 Steph Spyro

       Tory MP takes aim at Keir Starmer over farming inheritance tax raid

       Sir Keir Starmer has insisted farming is a priority to him after comments made by minister Daniel Zeichner.

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       8 hours ago12:24 Steph Spyro

       Badenoch: British passport should be a privilege not a right

       A British passport should be a privilege not a right, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch told the Commons, as she called for the process on indefinite leave to remain to be toughened.

       Mrs Badenoch said: “He didn’t listen to question one, I asked if he would appeal the decision. He did not answer that, he’s not listening, he’s too busy defending the international human rights law framework.

       “This case has arisen because a Palestinian came to the UK from Gaza in 2007, he is now a British citizen. This is precisely why we need to break the conveyor belt from arriving in the UK, to acquiring indefinite leave to remain, and then a British passport, and now a right to bring six family members here as well.

       “Just last week, the Prime Minister bizarrely claimed that a British passport was not a pull factor for those coming to the UK. Will he now support our plans to toughen the process on indefinite leave to remain and make getting a British passport a privilege, not a right?”

       Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer replied: “They presided over record high levels of immigration, it reached nearly one million. It was a one nation experiment in open borders, and she was the cheerleader, she was the one campaigning for more people to come.”

       He added: “So before she lectures us, I think she should just reflect on her own record.”

       8 hours ago12:23 Steph Spyro

       Kemi Badenoch slaps down Keir Starmer in explosive ECHR clash: 'Put UK first!'

       Tory leader Kemi Badenoch went studs up on the Prime Minister in a row over asylum seekers from Gaza.

       Read the full story here.

       8 hours ago12:16 Steph Spyro

       Lib Dem leader Ed Davey calls for retaliatory tariffs on US goods

       Lib Dem leader Ed Davey suggested Sir Keir Starmer impose retaliatory tariffs on Donald Trump's US - staring with Elon musk's Tesla electic cars.

       Sir Ed said: The Prime Minister has so far sat back and allowed Donald Trump and his sidekick Elon Musk to ride roughshod over UK interests while the Conservatives and Nigel Farage cheer them on.

       “The government needs to draw up plans for Tesla tariffs to hit Musk where it hurts, if Trump’s administration follows through with their threats to the UK steel industry.

       “Sitting back and hoping Trump won’t hurt us just isn’t going to work. The only way we can tackle Trump and Musk is by negotiating from a position of strength and showing that the UK will not be bullied from across the pond.”

       But Sir Keir swerves that and says that the steel industry is “essential part of heartlands” and threats need “level headed assessment”.

       8 hours ago12:13 Steph Spyro

       Badenoch says: We need to put our national interest before the ECHR

       Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch urged Sir Keir Starmer to put the UK’s national interest before the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and change Article 8.

       At Prime Minister’s Questions, Mrs Badenoch said: “Given this crazy decision and so many others, new legislation is needed to clarify the right to a family life in Article 8 – I’m not talking about what he just said, I know Labour MPs don’t understand much of what they’re saying, but the Prime Minister literally wrote a book on the European Convention on Human Rights.

       “This is a situation where we need to put our national interest before the ECHR. Does he agree that we should legislate, even if lawyers warn that this might be incompatible with human rights law?”

       The Prime Minister replied: “She complains about scripted answers and questions, her script doesn’t allow her to listen to the answer.

       “She asked me if we’re going to change the law and close the loophole in question one, I said yes. She asked me again in question two, and I said yes. She asked me again in question three, it’s still yes.”

       9 hours ago12:12 Steph Spyro

       Immigration law needed to change, Badenoch says

       The Tory leader said: “We cannot be in a situation where we allow enormous numbers of people to exploit our laws in this wa.

       Sir Keir Starmer said the Government was already making changes “because we are taking control”.

       9 hours ago12:09 Steph Spyro

       Starmer and Badenoch clash over migration

       Sir Keir Starmer has been grilled on the case of Palestinian migrants who were granted the right to live in the UK after applying through a scheme meant for Ukrainian refugees.

       The Tory leader said the decision was “completely wrong, it cannot be allowed to stand” and asked the Prime Minister if the Government will appeal.

       Sir Keir replied: “I do not agree with the decision. She is right, it is the wrong decision. She hasn’t quite done her homework because the decision in question was taken under the last government.”

       The Prime Minister said it “should be parliament that makes the rules on immigration, it should be the government that makes the policy, that is the principle and the Home Secretary is already looking at the legal loophole which we need to close in this particular case”.

       9 hours ago12:06 Steph Spyro

       Starmer goes against judge on Gaza refugee family ruling

       Sir Keir Starmer said the Government is working to close a “legal loophole” after a Palestinian family were granted the right to live in the UK following an appeal, after they applied to enter the country through a scheme designed for Ukrainian refugees.

       Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch said during Prime Ministers Questions: “The Conservative government established the Ukraine family scheme, and in total over 200,000 Ukrainians, mostly women, children and the elderly, have found sanctuary in the UK from Putin’s war. However, a family-of-six from Gaza have applied to live in Britain using this scheme, and a judge has now ruled in their favour.

       “This is not what the scheme was designed to do. This decision is completely wrong. It cannot be allowed to stand. Is the Government planning to appeal on any points of law, and if so, which ones?”

       The Prime Minister replied: “I do not agree with the decision. She’s right, it’s the wrong decision. She hasn’t quite done her homework, because the decision in question was taken under the last government according to the legal framework for the last government.

       “But let me be clear, it should be Parliament that makes the rules on immigration. It should be the Government that makes the policy, that is the principle, and the Home Secretary is already looking at the legal loophole which we need to close in this particular case.”

       9 hours ago12:01 Steph Spyro

       PMQs begins with Kemi quizzing Starmer on Gaza refugees using Ukraine scheme for residency

       Prime Minister's Questions has started.

       Kemi Badenoch has just risen to her feet to ask about a family from Gaza who used the Ukraine visa scheme for residency in the UK.

       9 hours ago11:50 Steph Spyro

       Rachel Reeves heading for disaster as new OBR forecast deals body blow to finance plans

       Another issue that could come up at PMQs is the economy.

       Rachel Reeves has received a major blow after the UK’s economic watchdog delivered its first verdict on the state of the country’s finances ahead of the Spring spending review.

       The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has found that Ms Reeves is on course for a Budget deficit thanks to her decisions, something that would break a key promise by the Chancellor.

       Read the full story here.

       9 hours ago11:39 Steph Spyro

       Keir Starmer heads to Parliament from No10

       The Prime Minister has set off from No10 Downing Street to make the short journey to Parliament for Prime Minister's Questions.

       Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street, London, to attend Prime Minister's Questi (Image: PA)

       9 hours ago11:35 Steph Spyro

       MP leading assisted dying bill to get question at PMQs

       Kim Leadbeater, who is leading the assisted dying bill that is making its way through Parliament, will get a question at PMQs.

       She has come under fire this week for scrapping the need for a high court judge to approve applications for someone to end their life.

       9 hours ago11:31 Steph Spyro

       Starmer hails housing pledge ahead of PMQs

       Prime Minister Keir Starmer could be keen to talk about the government's plans to build 1.5 million new homes this Parliament during PMQs.

       Growing up we didn\u2019t have much, but I always had a safe and secure home.

       For too many families, this isn\u2019t the case.

       Our Plan for Change will make the dream of homeownership a reality by increasing the number of affordable homes to provide security for thousands of people.

       \u2014 Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) February 12, 2025

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