Starmer set for grilling from Badenoch who will want to reignite pressurepublished at 11:58 GMT
11:58 GMT
Brian Wheeler
Reporting from the House of Commons
This is likely to be a torrid PMQs for Keir Starmer, as he seeks to reassert his authority after a hellish week. At one point on Monday, it felt like he may have done his final Prime Minister’s Questions.
Things have calmed down a bit since then but Kemi Badenoch will be doing her level best to put the skids under him again.
She is certain to twist the knife over Wes Streeting’s alleged leadership ambitions.
But she will also seek to keep pressure on Starmer over Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador.
She is likely to question the PM about Matthew Doyle, who apologised after having the Labour whip removed over his links to Sean Morton, who he campaigned for in 2017 after Morton had been charged over indecent images of children.
Downing Street says it was not aware Doyle had campaigned for Morton when his peerage was announced on 10 December last year.
The Sunday Times published a story detailing Doyle’s association with Morton on 27 December and Doyle was sworn in as a member of the Lords on 8 January this year.
On Tuesday, Badenoch said the PM must “come clean about what he was told” before making Doyle a peer, adding: “We won’t let this go.”