Keir Starmer stands by Labour’s Sunak attack ad and denies it is racist

Opposition leader says Tory government has unforgivable' record as he defends claim PM does not want to see child abusers jailed

Keir Starmer has personally stood by Labour's attack ad that accused Rishi Sunak of not wanting to see child abusers jailed, and denied it was playing on racist tropes about grooming gangs.

The Labour leader said he believed it was accurate to say Sunak did not believe adults convicted of sexually assaulting children should go to prison", based on the unforgivable" record of the Conservative government.