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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Nina Lloyd and Millie Cooke

Starmer in public row with most senior judge over Gaza immigration decision

Baroness Carr told reporters on Tuesday “both question and the answer were unacceptable” - (PA)

Sir Keir Starmer has found himself in a row with the most senior judge in England and Wales after criticising an immigration decision at last week’s Prime Minister’s Questions.

A judge had granted a Palestinian family the right to remain in Britain after they applied through a scheme designed for Ukrainian refugees, which both the prime minister and Conservative leader said was “wrong.”

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