No Sunak apology for PMQs trans jibe

RISHI Sunak has refused to apologise for making a transgender joke in the Commons in front of the mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey, as Number 10 called the jibe at Labour "totally legitimate".

The Prime Minister accused Sir Keir Starmer of having difficulty in "defining a woman" during an attack on Labour party U-turns, while Brianna's mother watched from the Commons gallery.

The remarks prompted an immediate backlash, but Downing Street doubled down on the comments and insisted the joke was not transphobic.

Mr Sunak said: "We are bringing the waiting lists down for the longest waiters and making progress, but it is a bit rich to hear about promises from someone who has broken every single promise he was elected on.