Starmer saved his favourite attack until the end at PMQs

Kemi Badenoch continued with her theme of ‘why can you trust anything the Prime Minister says’ at Prime Minister’s Questions today, covering the economy, the Chagos Islands, Tulip Siddiq and Gerry Adams. The Tory leader also claimed that Starmer was once again not answering the questions that she asked, which was true, but his replies were better than her questions. 

Starmer had obviously come armed with the surprisingly good inflation figures, but he also had a number of one liners and attacks that were more effective than those from Badenoch. These included the early description of the Conservatives as ‘economic vandals and fantasists’, which came in his first answer. 

Badenoch then accused Rachel Reeves of having ‘ignored all the warnings’ from businesses, who are now saying ‘they will raise prices to cover his jobs tax’ and demanded that Starmer repeat the Chancellor’s promise not to ‘come back for more’.