Starmer defends record as Badenoch says he squandered election win
Badenoch pressed Starmer to sack Rachel Reeves as he defended Labour’s record and said MPs rejected a Privileges Committee inquiry by 335 votes to 233.
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer defended his record during a bruising final PMQs on Wednesday, dismissing Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch's accusation that he had "squandered all his political capital saving his own skin" amid ongoing leadership speculation.
- Starmer's defensive stance followed a narrow victory on Tuesday, where Labour blocked a referral to the Commons Privileges Committee by 335 votes to 223, ending a potential inquiry into whether he misled Parliament regarding Lord Peter Mandelson's vetting.
- Badenoch urged Starmer to sack Chancellor Rachel Reeves, citing reports of proposed rent controls, but the Prime Minister retorted that inflation was down to 3% while blaming borrowing costs on the conflict in Iran rather than domestic mismanagement.
- UK Parliament will shut down today for a two-week recess, concluding the session as SNP leader Stephen Flynn suggested this could be the final PMQs for both himself and the Prime Minister.
- Across Scotland, Wales, and England, voters head to the polls next week for national parliaments and around 5,000 local authority seats, with polls suggesting the Labour Party faces a tough electoral test.
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PM defends record as Badenoch says he squandered election win
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Badenoch claims Reeves will be ousted as traders warn on Labour’s turn to left
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has predicted that Rachel Reeves will be sacked as Chancellor after the local elections in May, as top bankers warn of the impact of any left-turn by the government. Badenoch asked Sir Keir Starmer whether he would “reshuffle the Chancellor” after the May ...
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