PMQs Live – PM to face humiliating grilling from Sir Keir
This week will see Boris Johnson face-off with Keir Starmer – the first PMQs since the prime minister quit.
Boris Johnson will leave No 10 in September – a Tory leadership race is currently underway. The list of candidates has been slimmed down to eight: Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Tom Tugendhat, Kemi Badenoch, Penny Mordaunt, Jeremy Hunt, Nadhim Zahawi and Suella Braverman.yo
The first round of voting will kick off today between 13:30 – 15:30 pm.
What time is PMQs today?
This week’s PMQs starts at its usual time of midday and will last roughly around 40 minutes.
How can I watch PMQs?
You can watch our live stream here or follow along with blog updates.
What can we expect from this week’s PMQs?
This is the second to last PMQs for Boris Johnson, who’s expected to face a tough PMQs today. Next Wednesday will be the PM’s final appearance before Parliament breaks for summer. A new tory leader will be in place by the time they return in September.
Ministers blocked labour’s no-confidence vote in the Prime Minister on Tuesday.
Downing Street said it would allow time for a vote of no confidence in the Government, but not the Prime Minister.
Sir Keir said he wanted a vote to prevent Mr Johnson “clinging on for a few months”.
“We have put down a vote of no confidence, and challenged any Tory MP who in the last few days has said, ‘I can’t serve Boris Johnson because you can’t trust a word the man says’,” Sir Keir said.
“Can they really vote to say he should stay in power for another few weeks?”
Labour’s motion read: “This House has no confidence in Her Majesty’s Government while the Rt Hon Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip remains Prime Minister.”
The Government declined to permit time for the vote, saying Labour “have chosen to play politics by tabling a vote of no confidence in the Government and the Prime Minister”.
The statement continued: “As the Prime Minister has already resigned and a leadership process is under way we do not feel this is a valuable use of parliamentary time.”