Overview
- During PMQs, Keir Starmer condemned as "utterly appalling" a Reform UK councillor's description of children in care and rebuked Nigel Farage for refusing to denounce it.
- The councillor, reported as Andy Osborn, is being investigated for a possible breach of the members' code of conduct, according to coverage cited in the chamber.
- Farage said he had "only 30 seconds" to respond and instead claimed the Reform-led West Northamptonshire Council will issue foreclosure notices on three migrant hotels within days.
- Starmer said the government has reduced the number of migrant hotels from roughly 400 at the peak to about 200 and insisted closures are being managed.
- Marking Care Leavers Month, Starmer highlighted a children's Wellbeing Bill that would require councils to help care leavers secure accommodation, and he also criticised Farage over the handling of MP Sarah Pochin's earlier racially charged remark.