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Starmer claims he is handing over country in ‘better shape’ than he found it, unlike his Tory predecessors
Badenoch asks why Labour MPs are cheering; if it is going so well, why is the PM resigning.
She asks about Miliband, saying that Starmer gave him a cabinet job, but Miliband has now jumped into bed with Burnham. It is not the first time he has betrayed someone close to him, she says.
Does the PM think Miliband should be chancellor?
Starmer defends his record. He says he and Reeves turned their party around. He says the test for every PM is handing over the country in better shape than you found it. He says he knows he can do that. His Tory predecessors did not, he says.
Key events
Desmond Swayne (Con) asks if there will be time for PM to tell his party about the moral of the tale about Jim, who ran away from his nurse and was eaten by a lion.
Starmer ignores the question, but says he recalls the time that Swayne came to visit him when he was on holiday in Swayne’s New Forest West constituency, and he thanks him for his constituency.
Liz Saville Roberts, the Plaid Cymru leader, at Westminster, says Labour losing power in Wales is part of Starmer’s legacy. She urges Starmer to leave a note for his successor saying he should treat Wales with more respect.
Starmer says he will leave a note saying he delivered the biggest devolution settlement for Wales in years, and removed 70,000 Welsh children from poverty.
Fleur Anderson (Lab) asks what the government is doing to improve resilience to climate change.
Starmer says the government is building up resilience. But the Tories want to rip up the Climate Change Act, he says.
Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, says he knows how difficult it was for the PM to make the statement he did on Monday. He says MPs should remember that “we are all human”.
Saying we all know how hard it is when relationships break down, and when you cannot even speak to your neighbour sometimes, does the PM recognise the case for rebuilding relations with the EU?
Starmer says the UK has reset relations with the EU, and he says he is proud of that. He says Davey has reflected on his own career. Referring to Davey saying he turned down a job with MI6, he jokes about 00 Davey.
Davey says we are seeing travel chaos because of the weather. The Met Office says extreme weather will get worse. Will the PM advise Burnham to ignore parties that are ignoring the dangers of climate change.
Starmer says it used to be common ground in the Commons that action on climate change is needed. He says it is a shame that the Tories have abandoned this to chase Reform UK votes.
Badenoch says Starmer has made many mistakes. But he has been let down by his chancellor and his energy secretary and his MPs too. They have abandoned him for “a pair of eyelashes and a black t-shirt”.
Starmer defends his record, and says this was changed delivered by a Labour government.
Badenoch says Labour MPs are cheering, even though there are “400 knives” in Starmer’s back.
She says Labour MPs blocked welfare reform. “They are not Labour MPs, they are welfare MPs.”
Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker, intervenes. Referring to the knives remark, he says MPs should think about the language they use.
Starmer says he is proud of his MPs. He inflicted the biggest loss on the Tories in the history of their party. Badenoch won’t talke about her party’s failure.
Badenoch commends Starmer for standing by his ministers when they did not stand by him.
She asks how many MPs think Bridget Phillipson is doing a good job.
She claims a poll of teachers found 0% of them think that. She calls her a “spiteful class warrior”.
Starmer says Phillipson grew up in poverty. She is an example of social mobility. The Tories should recognise that. But they have fallen so far they don’t.
Starmer claims he is handing over country in ‘better shape’ than he found it, unlike his Tory predecessors
Badenoch asks why Labour MPs are cheering; if it is going so well, why is the PM resigning.
She asks about Miliband, saying that Starmer gave him a cabinet job, but Miliband has now jumped into bed with Burnham. It is not the first time he has betrayed someone close to him, she says.
Does the PM think Miliband should be chancellor?
Starmer defends his record. He says he and Reeves turned their party around. He says the test for every PM is handing over the country in better shape than you found it. He says he knows he can do that. His Tory predecessors did not, he says.
Badenoch asks if Starmer feels let down by his chancellor for not supporting more defence investment. And Rachel Reeves did not turn out for his resignation speech; she was too busy getting read for a selfie with Andy Burnham, she claims.
Starmer says Reeves is the chancellor who has ended austerity, and is cutting child poverty.
Kemi Badenoch starts by congratulating Starmer as being the other party leader who won a byelection last week. But she is more happy with his new MP than he is, she says.
She asks about defence spending.
Starmer says he is pleased with his new MP.
He says the Tories only got 2.2% of the vote in Makerfield, but that was up from the 1.9% of the vote in Gorton and Denton.
He says the defence investment plan will be published before the Nato summit.
Lee Baron (Lab) asks about a young constituent with a brain tumour. Why are so many of these undiagnosed? Does the PM agree the government must do much more?
Starmer says the thoughts of all MPs must be with Max (the constituent) and his family. He says the government will make cancer affecting young people a priority.
But he says as a parent he cannot imagine what the family is going through.
Clive Jones (Lib Dem) says Starmer can be really proud of the government’s cancer action plan.
Starmer says he is very proud of this. For example, it will pay the costs of children who need to travel for treatment.
Keir Starmer started by saying his thoughts are with all those injured in last week’s Bedford rail crash. And he expresses condolences to the relatives of the driver who died.
And he condemns the anti-Muslim attacks in Edinburgh.
To mark armed forces week, he thanks those in the services.
Labour MPs cheered as Keir Starmer arrived for PMQs.
Back to Darren Jones, and this is from the Labour MP John McDonnell on Jones hinting he might stand against Andy Burnham for the leadership – before later ruling it out in a Sky News interview.
Call me cynical but it’s pretty obvious to most observers that the kite flying over possible candidatures is a negotiating ploy to secure a job.
More than 500 mothers and babies died or were harmed at ‘toxic’ Nottingham NHS trust, report finds
More than 500 mothers and babies came to harm or died as a result of inadequate care in Nottingham, an inquiry into the NHS’s biggest ever maternity scandal has revealed. Denis Campbell has the story.
Donna Ockenden is speaking at an event to mark the publication of her report now. Taz Ali has live coverage on a seperate live blog.
