 and newly elected Conservative MP Steve Tuckwell Credit: PA The PM's most trusted lieutenants are expected to savage Sir Keir for failing to boot foreign criminals out of Britain when he was chief prosecutor. They will also slam Sir Keir - dubbed 'Sir Softie' - for campaigning against the deportation of convicted foreign thugs while in Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet. A source said: 'The gloves are coming off. 'There will be a focus on his record as Director of Public Prosecutions and his campaigning against the deportation of foreign offenders.' Determined to turn the page on a bruising few months, No10 have also drawn up a packed policy blitz over the summer months to show they still have fuel in the tank and fresh ideas. A source said: 'We have held back policy to drip out over the summer months. It is a busy grid to show we are still the party of ideas.' Crime, anti-social behaviour and illegal migration will be focused on as key dividing line issues. Earlier this year, The Sun on Sunday revealed that a thug battered an emergency worker after Sir Keir campaigned against his deportation. Damian Morgan, 41, attacked a 999 staffer after being hailed off a deportation flight to Jamaica in February 2020. At the time Labour said it was rubbish to suggest MPs questioning deportation flights 'led to dangerous criminals going on to commit crime'. 2 Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer Credit: PA Rishi is gearing up to go on the attack after a bruising week which saw him lose two former safe seats - Selby & Ainsty and Somerton & Frome - in byelections. Although he defied the odds to hang on to Boris Johnson's ol){kind=link}
RISHI Sunak will declare war on Sir Keir Starmer’s “soft” record on crime as the battle for No10 heats up.
Downing Street insiders said “the gloves will come off” and they will attack the Labour leader’s personal record in the wake of their double byelection defeat.
The PM’s most trusted lieutenants are expected to savage Sir Keir for failing to boot foreign criminals out of Britain when he was chief prosecutor.
They will also slam Sir Keir – dubbed “Sir Softie” – for campaigning against the deportation of convicted foreign thugs while in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet.
A source said: “The gloves are coming off.