Johnson has nothing to apologise for over Savile comments, says Gove

Michael Gove has doubled down on discredited comments by the prime minister about Keir Starmer’s involvement with the failure to prosecute Jimmy Savile.

The secretary for levelling up, housing and communities said Boris Johnson had nothing to apologise for over his claim in the House of Commons that Starmer failed to prosecute the disgraced broadcaster.

Johnson was rebuked by the Commons speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, for the comments, while victims of Savile and Tory MPs, including the former chief whip Julian Smith, have criticised the prime minister.

By Jamie Grierson.

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