Number 10 was determined today to avoid a repeat of the last two editions of PMQs, when the Prime Minister was forensically taken apart, politely baseball-batted and then maramalised by the new leader of the opposition, Sir Keir Starmer. Last week’s bruising encounter put Boris Johnson in a foul mood on his return to the Downing Street bunker.
Badenoch bites back at hardline Brexiteers over Retained EU Law bill
The business secretary insisted she “wasn’t an arsonist” as she stood her ground at a blue-on-blue committee tiff.