Kemi Badenoch to take on Keir Starmer in Commons clash
Kemi Badenoch was loudly reprimanded by the Speaker in PMQs for claiming the prime minister “misled” the Commons last week. That is a serious accusation to make against any member of the government and can even jeopardise a minister’s job in some cases.
Keir Starmer compared Kemi Badenoch to Liz Truss in a brutal Commons slapdown. The prime minister told the Tory leader she was on course to becoming “the next lettuce” as the pair clashed at PMQs. That was a reference to the Daily Star’s infamous stunt in which a lettuce lasted longer than Truss did in Downing Street.
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In a post on X, leader of the opposition Kemi Badenoch welcomed Keir Starmer's announcement of a public inquiry - but said "Labour must not use it to hide behind their own failings". "There remain serious questions about the transparency of government information at the time of the unrest that followed these horrific killings," Badenoch wrote.
Sir Keir Starmer has just arrived in the House of Commons. Labour MPs gave him a loud cheer as he took his seat on the front bench alongside David Lammy, the Foreign Secretary, and Bridget Phillipson, the Education Secretary. Kemi Badenoch arrived just before Sir Keir and received a warm welcome from her Tory MPs.
Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch engaged in a back-and-forth over the government's plans for growing the UK economy. Sir Keir Starmer accused Kemi Badenoch of talking “absolute nonsense” in her criticisms of the Employment Rights Bill and Labour’s growth plans,
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Kemi Badenoch has clashed with Sir Keir Starmer at PMQs today. The Tory leader grilled the Prime Minister during the weekly session in the Commons after the Chancellor made her emergency growth speech this morning. Ms Badenoch accused Labour of damaging growth with new employment laws that will put firms off hiring new staff.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says Kemi Badenoch is ' not a lawyer, not a leader but could be the next lettuce' in a fiery PMQ's exchange, after Conservative leader Badenoch told the PM to 'stop being a lawyer and start being a leader'.