Kemi Badenoch came under fire on Wednesday after she failed to hammer Labour over Angela Rayner's embarrassing tax admission in the Commons.
Tory MPs lambasted their party leader for giving the Government an 'easy ride' during Prime Minister's Questions – half an hour after Ms Rayner admitted not paying enough tax.
Mrs Badenoch urged Sir Keir Starmer to show 'backbone' and sack his deputy at the start of the exchanges, but used the rest of her questions to tackle the PM over the economy.
Conservative MPs reacted furiously to her failure saying she missed an 'open goal' by 'a mile'.
Mrs Badenoch's spokesman told reporters later that both were 'important stories' and voters wanted to know what was happening to their bills, mortgages and taxes amid turmoil in the markets.
