PMQs live: James Cleverly presses David Lammy on ‘wrong and dangerous’ early prisoner release schemes

According to The Guardian, Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy stood in at Prime Minister's Questions while Keir Starmer attended a NATO summit, facing shadow housing secretary James Cleverly, who pressed the government on what he called wrong and dangerous early prisoner release schemes. The session unfolded against a busier backdrop for Nigel Farage: the Guardian reports that a five million pound gift to Farage has been referred to Britain's National Crime Agency over money laundering concerns. Meanwhile, in the Clacton byelection, the serial joke candidate Count Binface earned a rare interview on Radio 4's Today programme, largely because the mainstream parties have declined to stand, potentially leaving him as Farage's most visible opponent.

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