Keir Starmer accused Kemi Badenoch of “a desperate search for relevance” as the pair clashed over the government’s plans to boost defence spending. The prime minister delivered the brutal slapdown after the Tory leader highlighted apparent discrepancies between him and defence secretary John Healey.

Badenoch queries how much the budget is actually increasing - Starmer says it's an extra £13.4bn a year from 2027, Badenoch references a BBC interview with Defence Secretary John Healey and suggests it's closer to £6bn Prime Minister Keir Starmer has left Downing Street and is on his way to the House of Commons for this week's PMQs.

Keir Starmer was condemned as “patronising” by Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister’s Questions this lunchtime, as they engaged in a hate-filled war of words. The pair returned to jousting after a two week break, descending into a verbal Punch and Judy match over the PM’s defence spending plans.

The Tory leader wants the Prime Minister to back measures to disapply the Human Rights Act to shift power 'from the courts to parliament'

I’m going to have to let the leader of the opposition down gently. She didn’t feature in my thinking at all. I was so busy over the weekend I didn’t even see her proposal."

Keir Starmer has demolished Kemi Badenoch and her 'desperate search for relevance' in a bruising PMQs session ahead of his trip to meet Donald Trump in Washington DC

Sir Keir Starmer is at the despatch box in the House of Commons as PMQs kicks off. Sir Keir Starmer was pictured leaving 10 Downing Street as he headed to Parliament for PMQs. Angela Rayner is set to announce her decision about whether to demolish Grenfell Tower following PMQs.

Kemi Badenoch has warned Keir Starmer that the Government's funding for its plan to use the overseas aid budget to increase defence spending raises "serious questions". Ministers have provided “totally inconsistent figures” for how it will pay for its defence spending increase, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said.

There was widespread agreement between the two leaders on supporting Ukraine — but the Tory leader challenged the PM on what he’ll actually do to bridge Europe and Washington.

At Prime Minister's Questions, British Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch challenged Keir Starmer on the UK's role in supporting Ukraine amid strained US-Ukraine relations. Starmer emphasized the importance of maintaining strong alliances with both the US and Europe to ensure lasting peace in Ukraine.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing his first grilling at PMQs following a whirlwind blitz on the world stage as Donald Trump accelerates talks on a peace agreement in Ukraine

(Vance was brilliantly dismissed by former Royal Marine Ben McBean in today’s Daily Express as “a Muppet gobbing off”. Ben lost two limbs in Afghanistan after stepping on a Taliban landmine in 2008. Of course, he was soldiering for a country which “has not fought a war for 30 or 40 years” Mr Vance).