Politics

Is this Rishi Sunak’s most bruising PMQs yet?

Rishi Sunak faced one of his most bruising Prime Minister’s Questions yet as pressure piled on the PM over his Rwanda policy, economic data and the Covid inquiry.

Sir Keir Starmer was on riotous form as he ripped into Sunak over the cost of living crisis, flatlining growth and, in what proved to be a particularly sensitive topic, homelessness at Christmas.

The Labour leader was even able to land a few blows about the Christmas nativity as he swapped political debate for pure stand-up.

But it was left to Labour MP Chris Bryant to land the knock-out punch, with this absolute masterclass:

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Jack Peat

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE). He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author. Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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