The PM doubled down on his previous suggestion that it was ‘for Parliament to make laws and for the government to decide policy’
Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, and the most senior judge in England and Wales, Baroness Carr, are in a public dispute over an immigration decision involving a Gaza family. The family, granted asylum under a scheme for Ukrainian refugees, was allowed to stay in the UK despite initial dismissal. Starmer criticized the decision during PMQs, arguing parliament should set immigration rules. Home Secretary Kemi Badenoch countered, asserting parliamentary sovereignty and the right to discuss public matters, calling the decision "outrageous." The family, displaced by an airstrike, has been granted anonymity. The case highlights tensions between judicial independence and parliamentary authority, particularly in human rights cases. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp supported politicians' right to comment on such decisions.
