The prime minister has backed down from his widely-criticised claim Sir Keir Starmer failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile. <br /> <br />Boris Johnson insisted his remark was not in reference to the Labour leader's "personal record" as director of public prosecutions (DPP) but of his "responsibility for the organisation as a whole". Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn