Badenoch goes on to say the Tories left him the fastest growing economy in the G7 and says jobs and growth are down, mortgage rates up and business confidence down. She asks if the country can afford four more years of Starmer's "terrible" judgement.

Kemi Badenoch claimed the talk in the City was that Ms Reeves "could not meet her fiscal rules" as she suggested the Labour MP for Leeds West and Pudsey was "not qualified" for the job she has.

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer faced Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, 15 January, after a surprise inflation fall gave a boost to under-fire chancellor Rachel Reeves. The prime minister was grilled in the House of Commons on the state of the economy after new figures from the Office for National Statistics showed the rate of Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation slowed to 2.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has challenged Sir Keir Starmer over the government's handling of the economy, saying the UK was now "spending more on debt than on schools and hospitals". Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions,

During Prime Minister's Questions, British Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch criticized PM Keir Starmer for economic challenges, high borrowing costs, and alleged poor fiscal management. She accused Starmer of lacking leadership and integrity,