With Keir Starmer away at the Nato summit in Ankara, deputy prime minister David Lammy stood in at the despatch box on Wednesday. This was the penultimate PMQs session of the Starmer era ... Here are a few things we learned from the session.
Nigel Farage and David Lammy. David Lammy tore into Nigel Farage during deputy prime minister’s questions on Wednesday over the Reform UK leader’s decision to trigger a by-election ... She joked ... The deputy PM replied ... Related... .
Keir Starmer is due in the Commons amid an outcry over the long-awaited DIP - with critics warning the £15billion funding boost over four years is 'too little too late' ....
Keir Starmer clashed with Kemi Badenoch at PMQs over funding for the long-awaited defence investment plan (Dip), after it emerged that billions of pounds would need to be found in the next Budget... .
Sketch. Deserted by Labour troops, the Prime Minister was like a tank with depleted armour and wonky tracks as he came under fire from Mrs Badenoch ... .
Prime minister says he will take no lectures from Tories after Kemi Badenoch says investment plan is insufficient. UK politics live – latest updates ... ....
Concerns that plan is not properly funded and will take cash from much-needed road projects. Minister and MP ‘furious’ over cuts to road projects to fund defence plan ... He said. ... ....
At today’s Prime Ministers’ Questions there was only one subject anyone was discussing. The Defence Investment Plan is supposed to be Keir Starmer’s big legacy so there is no surprise that is deeply suspect and lacking in fiscal credibility ... Rowling? ... .
Overall, defence spending will rise from 2.6% of GDP in 2027 to 2.7%, or nearly £80bn, by 2030 ... At what could be Starmer’s penultimate PMQs, Kemi Badenoch accused him of producing an insufficient plan ... It is £5bn short ... She added ... He added ... .