Starmer and Badenoch clash over the economy at PMQs

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At Prime Minister's Questions, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says: "Inflation was 2% when Conservatives left office, 2%, it's now nearly double that. When will he recognise that it’s Labour's budget driving up inflation?" Sir Keir Starmer says, “we are taking measures to bring prices down”, citing the government’s trade deal with the EU. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00He knows that inflation was brought down by us to 2%, bang on target.

00:06We were reacting to a war in Ukraine that brought inflation up all over Europe.

00:11While he is doing trade deals with countries like the US and India, their inflation is going down.

00:15It's going up here. Why?

00:17The ONS says the inflation figures are driven by significant increases in household bills.

00:23We warned him repeatedly that this is exactly what would happen, what his policies would do.

00:28We called it Awful April.

00:30The Prime Minister came into office saying that he would tackle the cost of living crisis.

00:35He has failed. He hasn't got a clue, has he?

00:40Mr Speaker, she talks of their record. The disastrous Liz's trust mini-budget.

00:45Inflation through the work. They left a £22 billion black hole.

00:49Living standards at an all-time low. Energy prices through the roof. Mortgages through the roof.

00:54Mr Speaker, we're taking measures to bring prices down.

00:57That EU deal would bring prices down.

01:00That's why supermarkets welcomed it.

01:02What did she do?

01:03She opposes measures to bring prices down.

01:06Welcome again.

01:07Welcome again.

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