{"id":692868,"date":"2026-07-15T11:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/692868\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T11:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:26:11","slug":"starmer-and-badenoch-share-tributes-and-jokes-in-their-final-pmqs-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/692868\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer and Badenoch share tributes and jokes in their final PMQs together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starmer\u2019s last Commons session as PM will be bittersweetpublished at 11:12 BST<\/p>\n<p>11:12 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-qs9kpv-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/f9418747-5f74-457a-8359-32b74c205143.png.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Brian Wheeler<br \/>Political reporter<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a reception for NHS staff at 10 Downing Street in London on July 6, 2026.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6f1ef5e1-d17f-42ee-b288-807f64ec8044.jpg.webp\"  width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They think it\u2019s all over for Keir Starmer and at midday it will be as he takes his 64th and final Prime Minister\u2019s Questions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Starmer\u2019s last Commons appearance as PM, after just over two years in the job, is likely to be a bittersweet affair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The normal Commons hostilities tend to take a back seat on occasions like this and MPs are already demob happy with the summer recess starting tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There is also the small matter of the World Cup. Starmer will no doubt begin by wishing England well in their semi-final clash with Argentina tonight.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Larry the cat sitting in front of 10 Downing Street, London, decked out in St George's Cross flags ahead of England playing Argentina in the World Cup semi-final on Wednesday in Atlanta, USA\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/85f37da0-c59c-41dc-b93f-8844bb4a18df.jpg.webp\"  width=\"1863\" height=\"1048\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">If England make it to the final against Spain on Sunday, Starmer is widely expected to be there to cheer them on in New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Downing Street has said the outgoing PM does not want to \u201cjinx\u201d England by announcing his travel plans in advance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But if Starmer has to fly back from the US it could delay the handover of power to Andy Burnham, which is due to take place on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Not that Burnham will mind, especially if England win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Starmer\u2019s last Commons session as PM will be bittersweetpublished at 11:12 BST 11:12 BST Brian WheelerPolitical reporter Image&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":692869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-692868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}