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Shabana Mahmood said "building alone is not enough" to fix the crisis.
Ministers have suggested a 2.8% pay increase, an offer unions have called "deeply offensive".
The landmark legislation comes before the Commons on November 29.
The Sky News presenter told Shabana Mahmood she was engaging in "total hyperbole".
David Gauke was booted out of the Conservatives by Boris Johnson.
"It will backfire on them," a senior government source said.
"We're going to be ready for that election whenever it comes," Shabana Mahmood said.
But Shabana Mahmood insists: “These things are not my views – and are not my politics.”
Here in Birmingham, it beggars belief that the prison was able to deteriorate further from the 2016 riot
Figures from across the party join forces to back call.