In a post on X, leader of the opposition Kemi Badenoch welcomed Keir Starmer's announcement of a public inquiry - but said "Labour must not use it to hide behind their own failings". "There remain serious questions about the transparency of government information at the time of the unrest that followed these horrific killings," Badenoch wrote.

Kemi Badenoch gave Keir Starmer a big fat FAIL as she marked his school report card in a rather public dressing down. Taking a red pen to the Prime Minister’s plans to shake-up education, she warned he will “vandalise” your local school and wreck your children’s learning.