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Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of bailing out those on benefits by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, as she claimed he is at fault for rising energy costs.The Prime Minister hit back, saying Mrs Badenoch continuously “gets the big calls absolutely wrong” and the spike in costs is a result of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

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00:00Mr. Speaker, he says bills are coming down.
00:02They are higher than they were when he came into office.
00:06And he's talking about, you know, he's talking about what they're doing to help with energy bills.
00:10Families and businesses will suffer from the spike in energy costs because of his decisions.
00:16He could abolish the green taxes on their bills.
00:18He could stop the fuel duty rise.
00:20We could drill our own gas in the North Sea.
00:23What's he doing?
00:24He is planning another giveaway to people on welfare.
00:28Yet again, he's taking money from those who do work to give to those who don't.
00:34First, we had the budget for Benefit Street.
00:37Now it's the bailout for Benefit Street.
00:40Doesn't this just prove that they've given up being the Labour Party and they're now just the welfare party?
00:46Mr. Speaker, she talks about the spike in energy prices.
00:48That's because of the war, which I say we shouldn't join.
00:51And she says we should join without following through on the consequences.
00:56And time and time again, she gets the big calls absolutely wrong.
01:01She wanted to drag us into the war.
01:04She got that wrong.
01:05She opposed taking control of energy security.
01:08And she got that wrong.
01:10She opposed our decision to cut energy bills.
01:12And she got that wrong.
01:13And she seriously thinks that'll make her relevant.
01:16And she's got that wrong.
01:17And she's got that wrong.
01:17Come on.
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