Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has said he hopes his video of himself confronting fare evaders on the London Underground will “shame people into action”.

Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live’s Matt Chorley, Jenrick said activities such as fare dodging along with graffiti and playing music on public transport were “chipping away at society”.

Asked if his party’s policy of austerity was a contributing factor, Jenrick said he believed in being “honest about the mistakes of the last Conservative government”.

Responding to Jenrick’s video, Transport for London (TfL) said fare evasion was “unacceptable” and that it was expanding its team of investigators to “target the most prolific fare evaders”.

In the video, which has had more than 3.5 million views on the social media platform X, Jenrick is seen challenging a number of people squeezing through barriers in an apparent effort to avoid paying the fare.

Along with the video, he posted a message reading: “Sadiq Khan is driving a proud city into the ground. Lawbreaking is out of control. He’s not acting. So, I did.”

Explaining his reasons for making the video, Jenrick said he was “sick to death of people fare dodging” and felt he needed to “highlight the issue”.

“It’s about the authorities – in this instance Tfl or the police – not stepping up and not enforcing the rules,” he said.

“It makes most people feel silly, feel foolish. Why are they paying for their fares on the Tube when others aren’t doing so.”

Asked if he had sought permission from TfL to make a video on their premises, he replied “I didn’t know that was their rule”, adding: “They should be going after people breaking the law, not the rules.”

TfL said it aimed to reduce the rate of evasion, which costs the organisation more than £100m a year, to 1.5% by 2030.

Last month, it reported that the evasion rate for 2024/25 was averaging 3.4%, down from 3.8% in the previous year.

TfL also pointed to statistics suggesting levels of fare evasion in New York stood at 13%.

Announcing a new fare evasion strategy earlier this month, TfL said it was using data and CCTV to analyse travel patterns to focus on “those who evade fares repeatedly”.

In the press release, TfL said it continued to “tackle blatant fare evasion such as gate-pushing” which it said created “an intimidating atmosphere for staff and customers”.

It added: “TfL is increasing the number of accredited enforcement officers on its network who can refuse entry and remove people from stations, and deploying them to locations with high prevalence of people pushing through gates.”

In recent months Jenrick has made similar videos on litter-dropping and theft of trade tools, leading to suggestions he is running an ongoing campaign to be Conservative Party leader.

Jenrick stood in the last leadership contest but came second to Kemi Badenoch.

Asked if he still wanted to be Tory leader, he replied: “No, absolutely not… I’m just trying to do my job.”

He said Badenoch would lead his party into the next election, adding that the Tory Party had “been in tough spots before but has always bounced back”.

Jenrick was recently seen having lunch with Rupert Lowe, an independent MP who was expelled from Reform UK earlier this year.

Asked if Lowe could join the Conservatives, Jenrick said he had not asked him to and Lowe “hasn’t asked to”.

“Ultimately it’s for him to decide what his future is and for Kemi, as leader of the party, to decide if he or anybody else is suitable to join us,” he added.

A man accused of murdering a woman in a “vicious and brutal attack” had been living off-grid while “on the run” from police for two years, a court has heard.

Roy Barclay, 56, of no fixed address, has been charged with murdering Anita Rose, 57, after she was found seriously injured in Brantham, Suffolk, on 24 July. She died in hospital four days later.

Prosecutor Christopher Paxton KC said Mr Barclay kicked, stamped on and struck Ms Rose, who had been walking her dog, as she lay on the ground and kept her belongings as trophies.

Mr Barclay denies murder.

Mr Paxton said Ms Rose, a grandmother of six, left her home in Brantham in the early morning of 24 July to take her dog, Bruce, on a walk “as she often did”.

Ms Rose’s partner, Richard Jones, who was a lorry driver and was away with work, said he called her as she was walking at 05:24 BST.

Ipswich Crown Court heard their call finished at 05:29 – less than hour before Ms Rose was attacked.

Mr Paxton told the jury that Ms Rose was subjected to “numerous kicks, stamps and blows being delivered to her face, head and body”, which left her with injuries akin “to that seen following road traffic accidents”.

Mr Barclay’s walking boots were the suspected murder weapon, the jury heard.

The prosecution stated that the pattern on the sole of the defendant’s boots were compared with the marks left on Ms Rose’s face.

The jury was told that Mr Barclay lived mostly off-grid and in the countryside because for “two years he’d been unlawfully at large”.

Mr Paxton added the defendant was trying to avoid “the police and authorities, trying to avoid being recalled back to prison”.

The prosecution described him as “cunning and resourceful” and said he carried dog biscuits with him.

Mr Barclay had kept items belonging to Ms Rose “as trophies”, including a pink jacket, the court was told.

After Ms Rose was left seriously injured, Mr Barclay had searched on the internet “How long does DNA last at a crime scene?”.

Ms Rose died at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge from her traumatic head injuries.

The trial continues.