'However much we may find them tiresome, members of the opposition deserve a bank account.' Jacob Rees-Mogg asks the Prime Minister about Coutts cancelling Nigel Farage's bank account. PMQs Sky's Politics Hub live blog 👉 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube
Home Secretary Suella Braverman has now intervened, saying this"exposes the sinister nature of much of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion industry".
Mr Sunak replied that it is not right if financial services are being denied to"anyone exercising their right to lawful free speech". A Coutts spokesperson said earlier:"Our ability to respond is restricted by our obligations of client confidentiality. Sky News has learnt that the Treasury plans to force British lenders to be more transparent with customers amid an escalating freedom of expression row triggered by Coutts' termination of its relationship with Nigel Farage, the former UK Independence Party leader.
The Labour leader, Beth says, is trying to signal very clearly ahead of the next general election that he understands the weight of responsibility - even if it means making choices that are unpopular with some in his party, like his recent refusal to scrap the two-child benefit cap.The final PMQs session before the summer break has now come to an end.
It's caused real division among Labour MPs, many of whom are likely to agree with the SNP leader when he describes the"heinous legacy" of a policy which he says has left 250,000 children in poverty and is being protected not just by the Conservatives but by Labour too. He asks the PM"if he followed all the rules, all the time, before he took £38,500 of free air travel on 28 April, and if so, why does his story keep changing about who paid?"
The stakes are much higher - the backbenchers on both sides getting so worked up the Speaker has repeatedly had to interrupt proceedings to warn MPs he's on the verge of throwing them out for misbehaviour. His backbenchers are delighted to see their leader so fired up, but Rishi Sunak is punchy in his own responses, insisting the policy is fully funded, and claiming he is pleased to see that Labour are now interested in fiscal responsibility.
There's a gale of laughter at this - an actual joke at PMQs. Though Sir Keir points out he's actually 60. 'We should have them all on one big bench': SNP argues little difference between two main parties Taking a more serious tone, he says the government's track record shows it is making a difference in reducing child poverty.Tory MP Mark Francois raised the controversy over Defence Select Committee chair Tobias Ellwood's recent Twitter video saying we should engage with the Taliban regime running Afghanistan.
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