Sunak clashes with Janet Street Porter on Loose Women as Starmer unveils Labour’s general election pledges – UK politics live

During a backbench debate today, MPs said women suffered a “gross injustice” and a compensation scheme should be established urgently.

SNP frontbencher Patricia Gibson said the Ombudsman’s report makes it “very clear” that women were not informed appropriately and the DWP was “negligent”.

The Prime Minster also claimed that he couldn’t remember his own sex lessons.

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During his appearance on Loose Women, the Prime Minister was asked by Jane Moore whether he would stay in his constituency if he loses the general election “in November”.

To which he insisted whatever the result he would still be MP for Richmond.

As the interview came to an end, Judi Love, said: “I’ve got holiday booked then, so you need to let me know.”

The chief executive of Boots has endorsed Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party in a major blow to Rishi Sunak.

In 1997 Tony Blair launched his pitch to voters under the slogan ‘New Labour because Britain deserves better’.

Keir Starmer is setting out a pre-election six-point pledge that is similar to what the former Prime Minister launched at the time.

This is what he promised in the 90s:

• Basic minimum workers rights for the individual at the workplace.

• Accept the global economy as a reality and reject the isolationism and ‘go-it-alone’ policies of the extremes of right or left.

• More spending on education as the cost of unemployment falls.

• Tackle crime and halve the time it takes persistent juvenile offenders to come to court.

• Rebuild the NHS and increasing spending on patient care learning.

Leftwing Labour group Momentum has dismissed Sir Keir Starmer’s six-point pledge.

A spokesperson said: “Britain has big problems, and they require big solutions. Sadly, these fixes fall desperately short of the bold policies needed to fix the Tories’ broken Britain, from mass building council housing to renationalising our public services.

“Worse still, Starmer is failing to break with the Conservatives’ disastrous austerity dogma.”

Pensions Minister Paul Maynard has been investigated by a watchdog overseeing MPs expenses.

Rules state MPs can only claim costs made to fulfill their parliamentary duties

But the MP for Blackpool North and Cleveleys has been accused of covering costs of his constituency office and political campaigning.

As a result, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority ordered the repayment of £1,367, which Mr Maynard repaid earlier this month.

Loose Women presenter Janet Street-Porter asked the prime minister: “Why do you hate pensioners?”

Rishi Sunak revealed being a Prime Minister has negatively impacted his family.

He claims he hasn’t been able to be “as good” a dad or husband as he would like to be.

Asked if it played on his mind, Mr Sunak said: “Yes. I was very fortunate, I was raised in a very loving, tight-knit family.

“I think family is really important, probably the most important thing in all of our lives and not being able to be as good a dad, as good a husband as I would ordinarily like to be, of course it weighs on me.”