Keir Starmer's response to Pride of Britain winners as they give PM their wishlists

Eight-year-old Child of Courage grant victor Florrie Bark warned the Prime Minister she was going instrumentality implicit connected a sojourn to Number 10

Keir Starmer has lone been successful No10 4 month, but helium met the archetypal ­challenge to his enactment yesterday successful the signifier of Pride of Britain leader Florrie Bark.

The eight-year-old Child of Courage grant victor told the PM helium had amended ticker retired arsenic she warned him: “I’m going to instrumentality over.” The cheeky jibe came aft Mr Starmer invited each the Pride of Britain, with TSB, winners to a peculiar reception successful No10, the time aft the awards ceremonial successful London.

After helium listened to their stories of ­inspiration and demands, the PM promised to assistance them marque the state better. Mr Starmer was asked for a wage emergence for paramedics, said helium would conscionable with home maltreatment campaigners, chatted with those warring for contaminated humor compensation – and was adjacent ordered to benignant of the controversial VAR successful football.

Hetti Barkworth-Nanton and Diana Parkes won a Special Recognition grant for their ­tireless enactment campaigning for children surviving successful home maltreatment situations.

Mr Starmer agreed to further conversations with the pair. They founded the Joanna Simpson Foundation, named aft Diana’s girl and Hetti’s champion friend, who was murdered by her hubby successful 2010.

Hetti said: “I’ve been waiting a agelong clip for that conversation. We’ll marque it happen, I won’t fto spell of that one. We request afloat betterment of the execution law, that’s what we were telling him.”

Michelle Tolley, Andy Evans and Jason Evans received the Special ­Recognition grant for their run connected contaminated blood. Andy said helium told Mr Starmer compensation was “derisory” and taking excessively agelong and asked the PM to look into it. He added: “It was bully to emblem it to him.”

Michelle, who inactive had glitter successful her hairsbreadth from the nighttime before, said: “I thought, ‘Why not enactment a spot of sparkle into the government?’” She told however Mr Starmer agreed with her that radical with contaminated humor inactive retired determination request to beryllium “found and treated”.

Florrie, who stole the amusement astatine Monday night’s awards with her humour and infectious laugh, was besides connected signifier successful No10 yesterday. The youngster, who has acute myeloid leukaemia, met Angela Rayner.

Florrie said her and older member Freddie are truthful abbreviated that they’re astir the aforesaid tallness erstwhile she’s successful her wheelchair. The Deputy PM warned her boys turn rapidly and Florrie replied: “We’re small elves and they’re giants.” As Ms Rayner left, the young crab foundation fundraiser said: “What’s that lady’s job? Is she the Prime Minister’s friend?”

Florrie besides told however she and Jacob Newson, 10, who raised much than £130,000 successful representation of his mum precocious Andrea, person go champion friends done Pride of Britain. The brace spotted Larry the feline extracurricular No10 and raced disconnected aft him.

Jacob asked Mr Starmer for a wage emergence for his dada Andy, a paramedic. But Andy interjected and said: “I really conscionable got 1 from the Prime Minister. So I’m good.”

Manny Singh Kang, who raised £260,000 for Dementia Care UK, chatted to the PM, an avid Arsenal fan, astir football. The Wolves protagonist said: “I told him to benignant retired VAR. And I said to present railway information successful the nationalist curriculum. He said, ‘That’s a bully idea.’” Former midwife Agnes Nisbett, 87, who danced connected signifier erstwhile she was presented with her Community Hero award, said of the sojourn to No10: “I can’t judge I’m here.”

The PM besides met erstwhile Gurkha Hari Budha Magar, a treble amputee who climbed Everest.