Keir Starmer has a problem answering questions

Kemi Badenoch didn’t have the best start at today’s Prime Minister’s Questions: she asked a question that had apparently already been answered, allowing Keir Starmer to mock her early on. But the Prime Minister ultimately had the tougher session.

That repeated question first came from Lib Dem Christine Jardine at the very start of the session. She reported GPs and charities worrying that the rise in employers’ national insurance contributions meant they would not be able to keep offering patients the service they deserved. Starmer started replying that ‘because of the tough decisions we took’, before he was interrupted by theatrical groans from opposition MPs.

He then continued:

We have put forward a Budget with an extra £25.6 billion for the NHS and for social care. That includes an increase to carers’ allowance and £600 million available to deal with the pressures of adult social care. We will ensure that GP practices have the resources that they need and the funding arrangements between the NHS and contractors will be set out in the usual way.