Streeting says he resigned because Labour ‘in fight of our lives against nationalism’, and is currently losing – as it happened
Kemi Badenoch is set to confront Keir Starmer during PMQs, focusing on the government's request for UK supermarkets to consider voluntary price caps on essential food items. The government has also relaxed sanctions on Russian oil, prompting criticism from both Tories and Labour MPs. Wes Streeting is expected to deliver a resignation speech in the Commons, hinting at his ambitions for the Labour leadership.
- ▪The UK government has asked supermarkets to consider freezing prices on essential foodstuffs to combat inflation.
- ▪Badenoch criticized Starmer's energy policy, highlighting the government's decision to relax sanctions on Russian oil.
- ▪Wes Streeting plans to resign and will make a personal statement in the Commons, indicating his future leadership ambitions.
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10m ago03.55 EDTGood morning. PMQs is back, and there are at least two obvious issues for Kemi Badenoch to raise when she faces Keir Starmer.What Tories calls Starmer’s “Soviet-style” plan to curb supermarket pricesAs Sarah Butler, Mark Sweney and Heather Stewart report, UK supermarkets have been asked by the government to consider freezing the prices of some essential foodstuffs to protect the public from inflation fuelled by the Middle East conflict.UK supermarkets urged to consider voluntary price caps on essential foodsRead moreThis is not the same as the SNP’s proposal for mandatory price caps on essential food items in supermarkets.
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