David Lammy is taking Starmer’s place at the despatch box this afternoon to give the G7 statement. Despite being at the very same despatch box for DPMQs while Starmer was… at the G7.
Badenoch is still responding for the Opposition. The Tories are going all over this:
“Kemi is the only leader actually turning up to do their job. The PM has clearly given up. All that guff about national interest and priorities has gone out the window in less than two hours. Kemi will be the only one in the Chamber showing any common-sense because there’s none coming from the Labour benches.”
Will Starmer even bother showing up to PMQs on Wednesday?
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”