Prime Minister and King’s tributes to Francis, a pope ‘for the downtrodden’

Sir Keir Starmer said hope was at the heart of Pope Francis’s papacy (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Prime Minister and the King have paid tribute to Pope Francis with Sir Keir Starmer saying hope was “at the heart of his papacy”, while Charles said he was “most deeply saddened” by his death

Sir Keir described the late pontiff as “a pope for the poor, the downtrodden and the forgotten”.