Rishi Sunak bowled up to Prime Minister’s Questions in an excellent mood, clearly still on a high from his Windsor Framework. The PM was greeted by a huge cheer from Tory backbenchers on arrival, but then had six eclectic and not-particularly-effective questions from Keir Starmer to wade through.
The most important of those questions came at the end when the Labour leader asked about the Daily Telegraph story on Matt Hancock and care home testing. ‘We don’t know the truth of what happened yet’ because there were ‘too many messages’, Starmer said, before adding:
‘For families across the country will look at this, at the sight of politicians writing books, portraying themselves as heroes or selectively leaking messages, it will be an insulting and ghoulish spectacle for them.’
Starmer then complained that the Covid Inquiry has already cost the taxpayer £85 million and hasn’t heard from a single minister. ‘Can the Prime Minister assure the House: no more delays? That the Inquiry will have whatever support it needs to report by the end of this year,’ he asked the PM.
Starmer took an eclectic approach to his questions
Sunak looked relieved not to have to trawl through the messages individually.
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