PM RISHI Sunak will declare war on Sir Keir Starmer’s record on crime – as the battle for No10 heats up.
Downing Street insiders say “the gloves will come off” in the wake of the Tories’ double by-election defeat and ministers will attack the Labour leader for being too soft.
The PM’s most trusted lieutenants are expected to savage Sir Keir for failing to boot foreign criminals out of Britain when he was the chief prosecutor.
They will also slam Sir Keir – dubbed “Sir Softie” – for campaigning against the deportation of convicted foreign criminals while in ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet.
A source said: “The gloves are coming off.