Keir Starmer dithering over defence spending, Kemi Badenoch says
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00:00 - "I would support the direction of the travel that we were on in the original welfare reform package" Cabinet Office Minister James Firth tells #PoliticsLive that welfare reform should be on the table to help fund increased defence spending bbc.in/4aboeBx
00:00 - On #PoliticsLive, Labour MP James Frith and Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Timothy MP discuss the prevalence of AI-generated adverts depicting Nigel Farage fighting Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey bbc.in/4oeT2a0
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00:00 - Lib Dem leader Ed Davey asks the PM if he will make cuts to the NHS budget to fund defence spending "We will take the necessary measures to defend our country," Keir Starmer says, adding that he will also “invest" in public services #PMQs bbc.in/4e0GKPi
00:00 - Kemi Badenoch says PM is weak and “as the sun sets on his premiership, he is scrambling around for a legacy" Keir Starmer responds with criticism of the Conservative record on welfare reform and defence spending #PMQs bbc.in/4e0GKPi
00:00 - Kemi Badenoch asks the PM if he can rule out tax rises adding "he has things the wrong way round... why not just cut welfare?" Keir Starmer says they "won't take lectures" from the party opposite after they "crashed the economy" #PMQs bbc.in/4e0GKPi
00:00 - Kemi Badenoch asks why the PM is giving the armed forces “less than half of the minimum they need” The government has increased spend and the opposition left “morale in the armed forces at an all time low”, Keir Starmer responds #PMQs bbc.in/4e0GKPi
00:00 - Referencing US attacks on Iran on Tuesday night and the Ukraine war, Kemi Badenoch asks PM when he will publish the full defence investment plan Keir Starmer says “we’ve increased defence spending” and “carried out a strategic review of defence” #PMQs bbc.in/4e0GKPi
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Cabinet Office minister Anna Turley is pressed on whether the Common Travel Area system between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is working, after reports the Belfast knife attack suspect entered the UK via that route and was then granted leave to remain.
00:00 - BBC Politics reposted"Unless the government step up, I fear we will continue to see significant unrest." DUP MP Carla Lockhart condemns the violence overnight in Belfast, and calls for the UK government to look at the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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