Leader of the Opposition made a fleeting reference to Deputy PM’s tax evasion but failed to dig in – like everyone else at PMQs

The tax-dodging Deputy Prime Minister is unfit to serve

Mrs Badenoch urged Sir Keir Starmer to show 'backbone' and sack his deputy at the start of Prime Minister's Questions. But she used the rest of her questions on the economy.

Leader of the Opposition made a fleeting reference to Deputy PM’s tax evasion but failed to dig in – like everyone else at PMQs

Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley ask if the Deputy PM can survive her admission of underpaying tax

Bookmakers are giving odds on her successor as she faces intense pressure to resign

While Badenoch retreated to her PMQs script, the real opposition leader was at a Washington hearing on free speech

‘Devastated’ Deputy PM clings on despite facing investigation and Labour calls for her resignation

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.