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That is despite the fact that theTory MPs sitting behind Badenoch were noticeably subdued as she read out her six questions to the PM.After she criticised the hike in employers’ National Insurance, Starmer told her: “We produced a Budget which does not increase tax on working people, nothing in the payslip, investing in our NHS, investing in our schools, so every child could go as far as their talent will take them, investing in the houses of the future.
Badenoch replied: “I’m not against any of those things, of course not, none of us are against any of those things.”She said: “The Tories want all of the benefits of the Budget, yet they voted against it and they have no plan to pay for it. “It’s the same old Tories, they haven’t listened, and they’ve learned nothing. It’s time they told the public where they would find the money to pay for more investment in schools and the NHS.”At PMQs last week, Badenoch wrongly claimed that the Budget had “not mentioned” defence, despite the fact that it did.
She also tripped herself up by asking Starmer to provide an “unscripted answer” on farmers “facing uncertainty” over changes to inheritance tax. The prime minister hit back: “If she’s going to complain about scripted answers, it’s probably best not to read that from a script.”
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