Badenoch says teaching boys about misogyny shouldn’t be a priority because migrants more dangerous to women and girls – as it happened

Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch on Thursday. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA

5.40pm GMT

Afternoon summary

• Kemi Badenoch has been accused of weaponising violence against women and girls and using “dangerous” and “deeply inaccurate” claims in her response to the government’s plan to tackle the issue.

• Children as young as 11 who demonstrate misogynistic behaviour will be taught the difference between pornography and real relationships under the government’s violence against women and girls plan published today.

• Keir Starmer is facing the threat of a backbench rebellion over plans to reduce the number of jury trials in England and Wales as dozens of Labour MPs signed a letter describing the move as “madness”.

• Angela Rayner is writing a memoir about her rise to become deputy prime minister and her subsequent fall from grace, the Guardian can confirm, in a move that will be seen as an attempt to set the narrative ahead of any leadership contest.

• The Bank of England has cut interest rates by a quarter point, giving a pre-Christmas boost to the struggling UK economy, but a split vote among its rate-setters pointed to continued concerns about inflation.

For a full list of all the stories covered on the blog today, do scroll through the list of key event headlines near the top of the blog.

5.38pm GMT

Palestine Action protesters on hunger strike in prison ‘are dying’, doctor says

Eight Palestine Action activists on hunger strike while in prison awaiting trial are dying, according to a doctor. PA Media says:

Dr James Smith, a qualified emergency physician who is a lecturer at University College London, told a press conference the group, who are accused of break-ins or criminal damage on behalf of Palestine Action, need specialist medical help.

His warning comes amid calls for the government to intervene from doctors and politicians, including former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who claimed there have been “regular breaches of prison conditions and prison rules”.

Some of the eight prisoners, who began the action in protest at being held in custody while awaiting trial, have been taken to hospital.