PMQs review: Starmer struggles to explain winter fuel cut
The political pain for Labour is not going away – if only the leaderless Conservatives could exploit it.
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Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) is a constitutional convention whereby the prime minister answers questions from opposition MPs, held every Wednesday at noon while parliament is sitting. The practice of the prime minister taking questions at fixed times of the week was introduced by Harold Macmillan in 1961, on the recommendation of the House of Commons’ Procedure Committee, though the format has changed several times since then.
Is Rishi Sunak about to call an election?
The Prime Minister’s demeanour only fuelled rumours that he is set to announce a July contest.
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PMQs review: Sunak and Starmer need to grow up
Government scrutiny is being lost in the attempt to score rhetorical points.
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PMQs review: Natalie Elphicke’s defection to Labour steals the show
There may not be much overlap between her politics and Labour’s, but they do share a disdain for Rishi Sunak.
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PMQs review: Starmer lets Sunak get away with immigration failures
In attacking the Prime Minister on pensions and National Insurance, the Labour leader missed the open goal.
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PMQs review: Angela Rayner struggles to change the narrative
Her attempt to focus on the Conservatives’ U-turn on banning no-fault evictions was no match for the gift of political…
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PMQs review: Starmer lays a Truss trap for Sunak
The Prime Minister cannot flush his predecessor away – and Labour is taking advantage.
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PMQs review: Rishi Sunak’s unforced errors are destroying Tories’ faith
Keir Starmer pins the Prime Minister into hopeless contortions over Conservative scandals.
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PMQs review: the Tories can’t escape the Post Office scandal
Rishi Sunak refuses to back Kemi Badenoch in her public spat with the former Post Office head.
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PMQs review: Rishi Sunak’s year keeps getting worse
The Prime Minister’s crude trans joke and his £1,000 Rwanda bet have exposed his lack of judgement.
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PMQs review: Keir Starmer pins the ailing economy on the Tories
That a Conservative MP, George Freeman, has admitted he struggles to pay his mortgage makes that task even easier.
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PMQs review: Rishi Sunak has lost control
The Prime Minister is no longer the master of his party – as Keir Starmer gleefully reminded him.
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PMQs review: The Rwanda plan has become a gift for Keir Starmer
As the Labour leader mercilessly exploited Tory divisions, Rishi Sunak was left politically helpless.
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PMQs review: Keir Starmer turns the “flip-flop” charge back on Rishi Sunak
The Labour leader relished mocking the Prime Minister’s erratic changes of strategy.
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PMQs review: Rishi Sunak struggles to impress his restless party
Tory MPs are not grateful for the Prime Minister or optimistic about their prospects.
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PMQs today: Keir Starmer skewers Rishi Sunak over Rwanda
The Labour leader has devised a potent line of attack on the government’s flagship asylum plan.
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PMQs today: Rishi Sunak panics as he brands the EU the enemy
Sunak’s suggestion that Keir Starmer was “backing an EU country over Britain” by meeting the Greek Prime Minister was astonishingly…
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PMQs today: Rishi Sunak changes his line on Gaza
The Prime Minister said he supported “specific pauses” to allow humanitarian aid to reach Gaza.
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PMQs today: Keir Starmer reaches a careful balance on Israel
The Labour leader is seeking to draw attention to the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Gaza without reopening old divides.
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PMQs today: Starmer rattles Sunak as he brands him “inaction man”
The Prime Minister’s attack on Starmer over his links to Jeremy Corbyn seemed desperate.
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