Polling shows that 50% of Brits support the reintroduction of capital punishment and 42% of the public say it should be typical sentence when it comes to murder View 5 Images Rupert Lowe called for a capital punishment referendum in parliament (Image: PA)

Sir Keir Starmer was forced to rule out bringing back the death penalty in parliament on Wednesday after right-wing MP Rupert Lowe asked for a referendum about bringing back capital punishment. ‌

Independent MP Lowe asked the PM if he agreed "the reintroduction of the death penalt y for both foreign and domestic criminals should be put to the British people in a legally binding referendum?” ‌

The last executions in the UK took place in 1964 , and capital punishment was suspended the following year. It was then aboli

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