That's all from us after the prime minister's round of interviews with six BBC Local radio stations, with key talking points including:

• How he feels about having to release prisoners early due to prison overcrowding
• Whether he has a problem with people in Lincolnshire, including the county's farmers
• How much longer families will have to wait for a public inquiry into the Birmingham pub bombings
• What he will do to help leaseholders who feel trapped in unaffordable homes
• What makes him think his government can be the ones to stop people-smuggling gangs
• How he will help to steady the finances of local authorities on the brink of going bust

Want to hear the interviews in full? Head over to BBC Sounds to catch up on everything he said.

Paul Moseley
Norfolk political reporter

From a divisive link road to controversial solar farm decisions, today the prime minister insisted benefiting local people will be at the heart of decisions about new projects in Norfolk.

Keir Starmer was adamant that the government “wasn’t running roughshod” over the county when it comes to plans for huge solar farms here.

Instead he insisted that “the prize here is cheaper energy for people across Norfolk”.

Last month, the Conservative county council leader attacked the government over the projects because it is those in Westminster rather than local councils who will have the final say over them.

But when it came to the divisive Norwich West Link road, Starmer said it was important to listen to local people.

The £274m very much remains in limbo - funding was promised by the Conservative government, but many think that will be cancelled by Labour.

The prime minister did not comment today on whether he supported financing the road, but insisted the views of thousands of people who took part in a public consultation should be listened to.

Leigh Boobyer
BBC News, West of England

This was the moment the prime minister was pressed on councils going bankrupt by John Darvall live on BBC Radio Bristol.

If you'd like to hear more from that interview or any of the others, you can listen back on BBC Sounds.

Rob Mayor
Political editor, West Midlands

It's a long time since we heard a prime minister talking about the Birmingham Pub Bombings, so that in itself is a significant moment.

Although Keir Starmer didn't rule out the public inquiry that campaigners are so desperate to see, they will also note there was no commitment to when a decision might be made.

The prime minister did promise, however, that any potential for difficult truths to be revealed about what the state knew about the bombings - and when - would not be used as a reason to block any process to discover what really happened in November 1974.

Fast forward to the present day and Sir Keir swerved a question on whether Birmingham City Council could get some extra help with its finances.

The council would like more time to deal with its huge problems, easing the pressure to make deep cuts and hefty tax rises.

That request is under discussion in government at the moment, but the prime minister would not be drawn on what the outcome is likely to be.

Sharon Edwards
Political Reporter, BBC Radio Lincolnshire

The prime minister's tone was much more muted than usual, almost insular, but we heard a doubling down on government policy including on pylons, solar farms and inheritance tax.

He was clear that, in his view, pylons and solar farms will develop lower bills for all.

The pitch was very much - notwithstanding the farmers' protests over inheritance tax and the pain this causes in places like Lincolnshire - that this is for the greater good.

You can listen back to that full interview here.

David McKenna
BBC News, Lincolnshire

While on BBC Radio Merseyside earlier, Sir Keir said he'd love to visit Zoe's Place - a Liverpool baby hospice saved thanks to a £6m fundraising effort by local people.

It's not the only visit that could be making its way into his diary off the back of this morning's interviews.

Lincolnshire farmer Martha Hayes has said he can go along to her farm north of Lincoln to see what it's like for himself.

She said it would be a chance for him to gain a better understanding of “the difficulties in producing food and the small margins involved”.

While there was no immediate promise of a visit, the prime minister told BBC Radio Lincolnshire he would look into Martha’s case.

Are prisons ‘absolutely full’?published at 13:40 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November

13:40 GMT 22 November

By Lucy Gilder

In his interview with BBC Radio Merseyside, Keir Starmer was asked about the early release scheme for some prisoners in England and Wales.

He said: “We’ve been forced to do so because our prisons are absolutely full because the last government sent people to prison and didn’t build enough prison places."

The prison population is currently 85,933, external – with about 3,000 places remaining.

When the current government came to power in July, that figure was around 87,000.

The prison population has been rising faster than new cells have been built. The last government delivered about 6,000 prison places out of its target to build 20,000 places by the “mid-2020s”.

Claire Hamilton
Reporter, BBC Radio Mersesyide

So many questions – so little time!

Listeners to BBC Radio Merseyside have been getting in touch to say they wish we’d had longer with the prime minister.

One listener, Gill in Wavertree, texted in to say she was listening to Keir Starmer’s justification for removing winter fuel payments from some pensioners "with a hot water bottle tucked under my arm".

She says she’s not eligible for benefits and is also trying to help her children and grandchildren out.

Family is the most important thing for so many people on Merseyside, which is why the two local stories our presenter challenged the PM on – funding for children’s hospices and a father’s anger at the early release of a prisoner involved in his daughter’s killing – had families at their heart and were so important to ask.

The near closure of Zoe's Place children’s hospice prompted questions about the way end of life and palliative care for children are funded and shone a light on an issue which lots of people had possibly never considered.

Keir Starmer’s never going to make big policy announcements in interviews like this, but he did say he’d come to visit Zoe's Place, and his answer on the early release of prisoners was the strongest he gave, and one where we heard a hint of passion and anger.

Harry Farley
Political correspondent

These rounds of local radio interviews have taken on an almost mythical status in Westminster, thanks in part to Liz Truss’ grilling after her mini-budget.

This round of interviews was a salient reminder of how much anger exists over the changes to winter fuel payments.

In interview after interview the prime minister was asked about the issue, with some highlighting the government’s own figures that showed an extra 50,000 pensioners will live in relative poverty next years as a result of the cuts.

Keir Starmer said it "makes sense" to remove payments from "relatively wealthy" pensioners and encouraged those eligible to apply for pension credit in order to still get winter fuel payments.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has faced questions from local stations around England, with topics ranging from funding for councils and hospices to the impact of migrants ariving on small boats.

Stay with us as we continue to bring you the key moments, updates and analysis.

You can also listen back to the interviews on BBC Sounds.

Jennifer McKiernan
Political reporter

Front pages have of course been filled with UK links to escalations between Russia and Ukraine this week.

The US and UK allowed Ukraine to fire Western-supplied longer-range missiles into Russia for the first time.

In response, president Putin lowered the threshold for the use of Russian nuclear weapons.

As he has just reiterated, the prime minister insists UK support for Ukraine will not waver in the face of threats.

Leigh Boobyer
BBC News, Bristol

In his final question to Keir Starmer, presenter John Darvall asks if the UK is "at war" with Russia over its conflict with Ukraine.

He says no - and that the war could "end today if Putin stopped being aggressive”.

The prime minister tells him: “No, we’re not at war, but Ukraine certainly is, because Ukraine has been invaded by Russia, and that war has now been going on for just over 1,000 days.

“That’s 1,000 days of aggression from Russia and 1,000 days of sacrifice for Ukraine, and that is why we’ve said consistently that we stand by Ukraine. We cannot allow Putin to win this war.”

Tony Grew
BBC News, political reporter

Earlier, the government announced new "respect orders" to ban persistent offenders from town centres or from drinking in public places like High Streets and parks.

Keir Starmer says police will be able to say “stop doing that, you can’t do that, you’re banned” to people committing anti-social behaviour and if someone breaches the order they will be arrested.

He tells BBC Bristol “sometimes people say to me anti-social behaviour is low-level – I do not accept that” but law enforcement “need teeth” and the new "respect orders" proposed by the government will help.

The prime minister says: “They tackle anti-social behaviour, which as many people listening will know, blights communities and blights high streets.

“They are very simple - they give police power to ban people from places or from activities, so it could be from a high street or from drinking in the high street, or some of the offroad biking that causes mayhem to our communities, and then very simply if someone breaches that ban the police have put in place they can be arrested and they can be put before a court - so it’s a very simple process."

Pete Simson
Political Reporter, BBC Radio Bristol

Bristol City Council recently asked residents if they’d accept a whopping 15% increase in their council tax bills, while they are also mulling over a plan to only empty people’s black bins once a month.

While both scenarios are unlikely, it shows the type of choices local authorities are making in order to balance their books. Bristol faces an overspend of more than £50m.

Talking to BBC Radio Bristol, Starmer reiterates his line that his government is for “working people” who’ve struggled to pay their bills, but that “everything has to be paid for”.

When asked how he’d stop councils from going bust, he says giving multi-year funding settlements will help.

He also points to the government’s plans to increase funding for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services and to put an end to no-fault evictions, which will help to ease the pressure on housing services.

However, after 14 years in opposition, he admits town hall finances “are in a real mess”.

With five interviews down and one last round to go, Sir Keir faces questions from BBC Radio Bristol presenter John Darvall.

There are lots of issues to discuss but perhaps the most pressing is Bristol City Council's bankruptcy fears.

Local council leaders are regularly on BBC Radio Bristol saying one thing: they have no money to run all the services they are expected to run.

Bristol City Council is struggling to help some of the most vulnerable in society - parents are on their knees with kids with SEND, and social care and children's services are under pressure.

The council's leader told us in August the authority faces spending £22m more than budgeted - and warned bankruptcy could be around the corner.

How could winter fuel payment changes affect pensioner poverty?published at 12:35 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November

12:35 GMT 22 November

By Gerry Georgieva

Sir Keir was asked repeatedly about the government’s decision to restrict winter fuel payments for pensioners.

“Everyone on pension credit will get winter fuel allowance," the Labour leader told BBC Radio WM.

This is correct but on Tuesday, a letter, external by the work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall said that the means-testing of winter fuel payments could push an additional 50,000 pensioners into relative poverty each year.

A person is considered to be living in relative poverty if they have less than 60% of the median income.

Currently, there are 1.9 million pensioners, external in relative poverty after their housing costs are taken into account - around 15% of pensioners.

The letter said that the government estimates did not take into account its efforts to get more people to access Pension Credit.

The prime minister is also asked if the impact of arriving migrants on services in Kent is understood around the rest of the country.

He tells the prime minister immediate care is needed in terms of housing people and that there are still 427 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the care of Kent County Council.

The National Transfer Scheme has seen 2,134 children move into the care of other authorities.

Starmer says the reasons they’re there and still waiting is because “last government didn’t process any claims”.

Katie Wray
BBC News, political reporter

The first topic on BBC Radio Kent is small boats, with presenter Dominic King asking Starmer how HIS government can “smash the gangs”.

The prime minister has previously pledged an extra £75m to police the UK’s border, and said he’ll use counter-terrorism tactics to stop people-smuggling gangs.

He tells Dominic it’s a “terrible problem” and he thinks his government will be better at “targeting the gangs” by breaking the gangs running people-smuggling.

He says a major arrest last week is proof his plan to stop the small boats crossing the channel is working.

On the day the number of people crossing the channel in small boats is likely to hit 20,000, Keir Starmer says: “When we carry our these arrests, they have significant prison sentences.”

He says he "refused to accept" these were the only gangs the government could not "break".

Jennifer McKiernan
Political reporter

And finally in Norfolk, presenter Kayleigh puts accusations to the PM that the government is "running roughshod" over the county when it comes to renewable energy.

For context: The largest solar farm in the UK could be built in south Norfolk and the ultimate decision lies with energy secretary Ed Miliband.

We've got to move quickly to renewables, the PM says, adding "that does mean we make some changes along the way".

But he stresses the "prize" is lower energy bills, despite difficult decisions.

Rachael McMenemy
BBC News, Norfolk

Image source, Norfolk County Council

Staying in Norfolk, presenter Kayleigh Poacher has just asked about the Norwich Western Link Road, which the last government promised to provide more than £200m in funding for.

It’s been in limbo ever since - what's the prime minister going to do about it?

Starmer says he knows the area and promises a decision will be made next year - there's “no doubt” travel infrastructure in Norwich and Norfolk needs to be improved, he adds.