SIR KEIR STARMER was forced to defend taking a private jet paid for by Qatar today after attacking PM Rishi Sunak’s “private jet habit.”

The Labour leader, along with three members of staff, availed himself of the aircraft between the Dubai Cop28 climate conference and Doha to meet the Emir of Qatar, parliamentary records show.

He insisted there is a “distinction” between his freebie flight, worth more than £25,000, and using private jets to travel within England where there were rail alternatives.