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1 March 2023

PMQs: The two leaders are entering election mode

Both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are feeling more confident after the past week.

By Zoë Grünewald

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This was a PMQs of two leaders hurtling towards a general election.

Rishi Sunak took to the ballot box this week with the air of a man who knows his party is behind him. His energy was high, and he had a smile on his face, which disappeared only momentarily when the Speaker pointed out he had answered Keir Starmer’s question on housing with an answer on windfall taxes.

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Zoë Grünewald

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Zoë Grünewald is policy and politics correspondent for the New Statesman and New Statesman Spotlight. She writes on healthcare and politics and is a regular contributor to the New Statesman Podcast, as well as radio and TV.