Keir Starmer slams Boris Johnson for 'parroting the conspiracy theories of violent fascists'

Boris Johnson has refused to withdraw his controversial claim that Sir Keir Starmer failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile.

At Prime Minister’s Questions, the Labour leader accused Mr Johnson of “parroting the conspiracy theories of violent fascists to try to score cheap political points”.

But in response, the Prime Minister defended his comments made in heated Commons exchanges on Monday following the publication of the Sue Gray report on lockdown parties in Downing Street.

“I don’t want to make heavy weather of this but I am informed that in 2013 he apologised and took full responsibility for what had happened on his watch. That was the right thing to do,” he said.

The Labour leader said: "This the party of Winston Churchill. Our party stood together as we defeated fascism in Europe. Now their leader stands in the House of Commons parroting the conspiracy theories of violent fascist to try and score cheap political points."

"He knows he knows exactly what he is doing. It's time to restore some dignity."

The Prime Minister also faced questions about why is he raising taxes on working people as he claimed to be a “tax-cutting Conservative”.

At Prime Minister’s Questions, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said: “One of the most absurd claims made on behalf of Operation Save Big Dog is the Prime Minister and Chancellor writing in the Sunday Times that they are the tax-cutting Conservatives. Why do these alleged tax-cutters keep raising taxes on working people?”

Boris Johnson replied: “On what we are doing to tackle costs of living and taxation, our Covid recovery grant programme is absolutely vital in helping people with the costs of living, with taking up Universal Credit payments by cutting the tax that people effectively pay, lifting the living wage, helping councils with half a billion pounds for those who are facing particular hardship, but what we are also doing, and this is absolutely vital, is increasing the number of high wage, high skilled jobs in this country.”