Badenoch accuses Starmer of having ‘brass neck’ over welfare bill defence

Badenoch accuses Starmer of having 'brass neck' over welfare bill defenceReuters

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00:00They voted for a system where we have 3 million people out of work on ill health, and they voted for that system.

00:07We're fixing it, we're clearing up the mess that they left, just like we're clearing up the NHS and the economy.

00:15He's got some brass neck. Has he read the papers this morning? Has he read the papers this morning?

00:20That bill will achieve nothing. It is a pointless waste of time, and there's absolute proof that he doesn't have a plan.

00:27Let me tell the House what's going to happen.

00:30In November, the Chancellor is going to put up our taxes to pay for his incompetence.

00:35We on this side of the House know that you can't tax your way to growth.

00:39But people out there are frightened.

00:41People out there...

00:43These are the same people who chaired when they talked about the NI rise and the jobs tax.

00:49Why are they complaining now?

00:50People out there are frightened.

00:52Can he, Mr Speaker, can he reassure them by ruling out tax rises in the autumn budget?

00:58Prime Minister.

01:00Mr Speaker, she knows that no Prime Minister or Chancellor ever stands in the dispatch box and writes budgets in the future.

01:07That isn't what they did, it isn't what we did.

01:09And she knows it.