15 Feb 2024

UK: House-build boost, Labour anti-semitism row

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 15 February 2024
Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer delivers a speech at the National Composites Centre at the Bristol and Bath Science Park in Bristol on January 4, 2024.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was forced to act against two party members amid claims of antisemitism. Photo: AFP

UK correspondent Lara Spirit joins Kathryn to talk about the government's planning changes aimed at encouraging more housing development, Labour's investigation into antisemitism following allegations against two parliamentary candidates and reaction to an article penned by Foreign Secretary David Cameron to US Republican lawmakers over Ukraine.

Lara Spirit is a reporter for The Times Red Box, where she covers politics from Westminster.