Keir Starmer came to PMQs wearing that look of post-resignation relief that we’ve grown all too used to seeing on a prime minister’s face over the past decade. He had to deal with a particularly brutal Kemi Badenoch today, though the full force of the Leader of the Opposition’s attacks was largely directed at Starmer’s cabinet, rather than him.
Reeves appeared close to tears as Starmer replied with a full tribute to her
Badenoch first congratulated the Prime Minister on his party’s by-election win, but then added jokingly that she suspected he would be less happy with his new MP than she was with hers. She also reminded the Chamber that ‘two weeks ago, the Prime Minister told the House that the government was funding defence, and everything was under control’ but that ‘the very next day, the defence secretary resigned, saying the Prime Minister was unable and the Treasury unwilling to fund the defence of our country – what changed?’
‘She lives next door to him, but wouldn’t even come out to stand by him during his resignation speech. She was too busy getting ready for a selfie with the new leader.’Kemi Badenoch grills Keir Starmer on whether he feels let down by his Chancellor Rachel Reeves. pic.twitter.com/dgvVRHFwRw— GB News (@GBNEWS) June 24, 2026
