UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been criticised over the last week for accusing Keir Starmer of not taking action against the now-late sex offender Jimmy Savile when the Labour leader served as head of the Crown Prosecution Service. The PM then retracted his statement but stopped short of apologising.

Two people have been arrested after anti-lockdown protesters mobbed UK Labour leader Keir Starmer and Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Monday as they left the Houses of Parliament in London, with many shouting "traitor", "Jimmy Savile", and slamming Starmer's record on COVID.

Videos posted on social media showed the two being escorted into a waiting police car on Victoria Embankment as protesters could be heard criticising the Labour leader for supporting COVID vaccinations and not "opposing the government".