Lord Hermer sparked fury on SundayOne of Sir Keir Starmer’s top allies defended judges as he slammed the Home Office for failing to properly challenge appeals from failed asylum seekers. Lord Hermer slapped down Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick for criticising judges’ decisions, sparking outrage. Prosecutors, all the kind of key institutions as part of our rule of law fabric, we all benefit from. The attorney general also warned there were some cases where the Home Office did not put forward its own medical evidence to challenge claims made by migrants. “That just strikes me as a system that we’ve inherited that wasn’t working as it should be working,” said the attorney general.