Angela Rayner is standing in for Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions.
Sir Keir is flying back to Britain after attending a G7 summit in Canada, leaving the job of representing the Government at PMQs to his deputy.
Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, is expected to substitute for Kemi Badenoch and he will have plenty of ammunition to choose from.
The latest official numbers published this morning showed inflation had fallen slightly in May from 3.5 per cent to 3.4 per cent but that figure is still way above the Bank of England’s 2 per cent target.
The Government is pushing back the opening of HS2 between London and Birmingham beyond the original timeline of 2033, with a likely delay of at least two years.
