Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch clashed over economic growth and the government’s employment bill during PMQs.
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Badenoch argued that the bill is ‘an adventure playground for lawyers’ and told the prime minister to ‘stop being a lawyer and start being a leader’. Starmer retaliated by arguing that Badenoch ‘is not a lawyer, clearly not a leader and if she keeps on like this she is going to be the next lettuce’ in reference to the public mockery of former Conservative prime minister Liz Truss
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