Sir Keir Starmer ’s niece and wife were beaten up for holding hands in public, the prime minister has revealed.

Appearing on Pete Wicks’ Man Made podcast, the Labour leader said the homophobic attack left him worried for the future of the UK.

Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes have been spiralling for years , with sexual orientation hate crimes increasing by 462% between 2012 and 2023.

Among them is Starmer’s own niece, who was attacked within a year of marrying her wife a few years ago

The PM recalled that his family’s ‘first gay wedding’ was a day to remember.

‘Within a year, my niece and her wife have been badly beaten up, in their own town, for holding hands by a group of blokes,’ he told Wicks.

‘My niece showed me the photographs – she had bruising and swelling to her face. And I was a

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