Mr Badenoch criticizes Mr Starmer over Mr Haig's appointment
Mr Starmer answered brief opening questions from a number of backbench MPs before Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch took questions.
She begins with a question about the Prime Minister's appointment of a fraudster as Transport Secretary. She asked him what he was thinking, suggesting this was a question on the lips of many Labor MPs.
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She opens with a question about the PM appointed a fraudster to be his transport secretary. She asked him what he was thinking and suggests this is the question on the lips of many Labour MPs.
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PMQs is imminent. Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.
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main events
Sir Ed also included guarantees that patients would be able to “see a GP in at least seven days, or within 24 hours”, adding that “waiting lists can only be reduced if we make it easier for everyone to see a GP when they need it”. , to curb that number.” In case of emergency. ”
The Prime Minister said the government intended to “reduce” waiting lists, adding: “We have already begun work to ensure that waiting lists are eliminated, and of course that includes improving access” to general practitioners and other necessary measures. . ”
Mr Davie said he was disappointed with Mr Starmer's response and wanted him to reflect on Labour's policies. He will be moved onto the NHS waiting list. Mr Davie said more than three million people had been on NHS waiting lists for 18 weeks and said this needed to be resolved. He says this is the Conservative government's worst legacy and needs to be fixed.
He asked Mr Starmer if waiting lists could only be eliminated and curbed if we could make it easier for people to see their GP when they need it.
“Proportional representation is not our policy,” Starmer said, “and we're not going to spend any time on proportional representation,” gently suggesting that Davie might not have done so badly under the current system. did.
Moving on, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey asked the Prime Minister about electoral reform, saying it was important to restore trust in politics. He said this was what the majority of British people wanted and called on Mr Starmer to find time for the government to consider the bill.
Mr Badenoch asked why anyone should believe Mr Starmer and accused him of abandoning his aim to make Britain the fastest growing economy in the G7.
Mr Starmer went further, saying the UK will experience its fastest growth over the next two years and pointing to an Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report that says the Conservative Party must never forget the damage it has done to the country. It suggests that the Prime Minister has not read it. It claimed the Conservative Party was running Britain like a “mad scientist experiment”.
Mr Starmer hit back, claiming the Conservative Party had left Britain with a £22bn black hole. “The opposition destroyed the economy,” he says.
Mr Badenoch added that while those on the bench were laughing, Labor had no idea what ordinary people were dealing with as the government talked about raising national insurance for employers. She describes the budget as “catastrophic.”
Mr Badenoch says Mr Starmer cannot even repeat the promise he made weeks ago. Amid mounting jeers, she says the Conservatives are there to stop Starmer from damaging the economy.
Mr Starmer said he had to “gently remind” Mr Badenoch that two of his predecessors had been found guilty of breaking Covid-19 rules, to much laughter and jeers on the bench.
He also encouraged her to take a look at this morning's OECD report, which sets out the UK's target for its highest economic growth over the next two years. He suggested that she should welcome this.
Badenoch ultimately decided to move away from the Louise Haig topic, but moved on to “an even bigger fraud”, referring to Labour's budget. She said the Prime Minister was unable to repeat his promise last week not to borrow and spend more.
In her manifesto, she said she was committed to making Britain the “fastest growing economy” in the G7. She asked if he would keep his vows.
Mr Badenoch relented and confronted Mr Starmer three times, asking why he had appointed someone who had been convicted of fraud as Transport Secretary.
She is demanding Starmer issue a public apology to Louise Hague. But Starmer deflected the question and spoke again about immigration instead.
Mr Badenoch said Mr Starmer claimed Mr Hague had asked him to resign only if further information came to light. She asked what the details were.
Mr Starmer hit back at the question, saying he had no intention of releasing personal information.
Mr Badenoch criticizes Mr Starmer over Mr Haig's appointment
Mr Starmer answered brief opening questions from a number of backbench MPs before Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch took questions.
She begins with a question about the Prime Minister's appointment of a fraudster as Transport Secretary. She asked him what he was thinking, suggesting this was a question on the lips of many Labor MPs.
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Keir Starmer takes on Kemi Badenoch at PMQs
PMQs are just around the corner. Here is a list of members to ask questions.
