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On Monday, Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch announced her intention to scrap rules requiring public bodies such as schools and hospitals to consider promoting equality in their decisions.

In what the party described as the first step in a programme to "restore common sense", Badenoch said the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) has resulted in some groups being "preferred over others".

The Tory leader called for its repeal after warning public bodies have "spent so long worrying about institutional racism that they have become institutionally incompetent".

Science Secretary Liz Kendall said the Conservatives' plans would "turn the clock back".

Badenoch's speech came after questions about equality policies in policing after the murder of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak.

The PSED, which applies in England, Scotland and Wales, requires public bodies, and bodies carrying out public functions, to have "due regard" to certain needs.

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On Monday, Starmer told Apple, Google and other tech companies to block access to naked images on smartphones and other devices for under-18s - or face legislation.

Starmer told firms to either activate built-in features or update operating systems to prevent children from taking, sending or viewing sexually explicit images.

"These are some of the most innovative companies in the world and I believe they can solve it," Starmer said, pledging the government would bring forward legislation if firms didn't act within three months.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said banning certain features was "not enough", adding that a social media ban for under-16s would be better. Starmer is expected to make an announcement on restricting children's social media use in the coming days.

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We've just brought you Starmer's reaction to Monday's knife attack and last night's violence in Belfast. Here's an overview of what we've heard from other political leaders:

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said the attack made her feel "absolutely horrified", and suggested people would ask if "there been failings around our borders".

Northern Ireland's First Minister Michelle O'Neill called Monday night's attack "heinous and wrong", and called the violence that followed on Tuesday night "outright thuggery".

Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly said she was "sickened and appalled" by the knife attack, and said she knew "so many are angry" but wanted people to "act in an entirely peaceful way".

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has described the knife attack as "deeply shocking", and condemned the "disorder and racist violence in Belfast last night", criticising "divisive algorithms" he said were being used to "spread hatred".

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called the attack "horrific".

And commenting on the disorder last night, Green Party leader Zack Polanksi said "politicians who fanned these flames should hang their heads in shame".

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A little earlier this morning Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer called last night's disorder in Belfast "shocking and completely unacceptable".

"There is no justification for the violence and disorder that we saw threatening our communities, nor for those who encouraged it, online or elsewhere," he said on social media.

"It is clear that people were targeted last night because of their background and I will not tolerate it. Those responsible will feel the full force of the law," he added.

Yesterday, Starmer called Monday's knife attack in the city "sickening", saying "I have absolutely no tolerance for abhorrent scenes of violence like this on our streets".

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Homes, cars and a bus were set on fire last night in violence that followed a knife attack in the city on Monday.

The alleged attacker, Hadi Alodid, has been remanded in custody for four weeks, charged with attempted murder following Monday's attack. The Home Office previously said the suspect was a 30-year-old Sudanese man who arrived in Northern Ireland in 2023 and has refugee status.

The victim, a man in his 40s, is still in hospital with serious injuries to his eyes, neck and back.

Last night's disorder saw people targeted based on their skin colour, according to witnesses and Belfast MP Claire Hanna, leader of the Social Democratic & Labour Party, who called it a "race-based pogrom".

A pastor at the scene where multiple houses were on fire in an area of north Belfast said people were put out of houses "because they're black".

Our reporter saw about 100 masked men making their way down a street and kicking in doors - saying they were "getting the foreigners out".

Police and political leaders in Northern Ireland have condemned the violence and are calling for calm.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer is preparing to face Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch in the House of Commons for PMQs.

It comes after a night of violent disorder in Belfast which saw houses, cars and a bus set on fire. The violence followed a knife attack in the city on Monday - get the latest in our other live page.

As ever, we don't know what topics will be raised, but in our next few posts we'll bring you up to speed on some of the political issues of the week.

We'll have all the updates here on this page, and you can watch live at the top when Prime Minister's Questions begins at midday.