Prime Ministers Questions
Catch-up
Starmer: tells PM to give him a break and adds a windfall tax would raise billions and ease the burden on working people.
PM: energy companies need to invest and the 1997 Labour manifesto said there was no economic case for nuclear power and the govt is now having to reverse that.
Starmer: makes a joke about hoping the PM’s police questionnaire was more convincing. The Tories have put up taxes but are planning a small cut for the election year. How did the PM find a chancellor this cynical?
PM: says Rishi Sunak has protected people and Labour wanted to keep the country in lockdown, and the government would have had to tax and borrow more.
Starmer: tax burden is the highest for 70 years and for every £6 they are raising in tax, they are only giving £1 back.
PM: says he does not know where Starmer has been for the last two years and to ignore tha pandemic for a century is extraordinary and Labour do not back the health and social care levy.
Starmer: Labour leader asks PM if he still thinks him and the chancellor are tax-cutting Tories.
PM: Boris Johnson says he does – he says they have introduced the biggest ever fuel duty cut and the biggest cut to personal taxes for 25 years.
PMQs start.
PM starts with an acknowledgement that MPs have read the statement from Jamie Wallis and says the whole house will offer their support. Labour’s Keir Starmer joined the prime minister in offering his support.
It's time. https://t.co/cbt0tKQZuN pic.twitter.com/IUaCjm9PtE
— Jamie Wallis MP (@JamieWallisMP) March 30, 2022
PM Boris Johnson will face Labour’s Keir Starmer for this week’s PMQs – this Wednesday’s face off is significant because it’ll be the first PMQs since the Met Police started issuing fines to individuals over the PartyGate scandal – confirming Covid laws were broken in Downing Street.
Scotland Yard announced on Tuesday that it was issuing an initial 20 fixed penalty notices after its investigation into events in No 10 and Whitehall.
Downing Street has insisted the PM did not mislead Parliament when he claimed rules were followed. But it’s set to be a tough grilling from the opposition over the latest developments.
The next edition of Prime Minister’s Questions is on Wednesday 30 March starting, as always, at 12.00pm.
You’ll be able to watch all the action via a live stream on this page or follow along with the text here.
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