PMQs: Badenoch presses Starmer on defence spending plan after backlash from MPs – UK politics live
The UK Prime Minister's Questions saw Badenoch press Starmer on defence spending plans after a backlash from MPs. Badenoch urged Burnham to condemn the defence investment plan, questioning Labour's ability to defend the country. Starmer responded by highlighting the Tories' record and the decrease in NHS waiting lists.
- ▪Badenoch urged Burnham to condemn the defence investment plan
- ▪Starmer highlighted the decrease in NHS waiting lists
- ▪The Tories are facing backlash from MPs over their defence spending plans
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 27 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Starmer to set out long-delayed defence spending plans — BBC News — Politics
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07.21 EDTBadenoch urges Burnham to condemn defence investment planBadenoch says the government is facing a moment of danger unlike anything seen when they were in power. She says Burnham should come out and condemn this plan if he does not want to be seen complicit in it. If Labour cannot defend the country, what is the point of them?Starmer says the Tories won’t defend their record, because they can’t. And they won’t apologise either. They sit their pretending it won’t happen.He says NHS waiting lists are falling at their fastest rate for 17 years.Share
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