Sunak ‘just doesn’t understand how difficult it is for people’, says Starmer, as he attacks PM over cost of mortgages
Star said he didn’t expect Sunak to make fun of Phil. Sunak just doesn’t understand how difficult it is for people. He’s so detached. He can’t even fool his own MPs. George Freeman is exhausted and wants opportunities outside Parliament. Why doesn’t the Prime Minister call an election?
Sunak says he is implementing the plan. This week again, he attacks vaping, extends powers to pharmacies and tax cuts come into force.
Key events
Sunak distances himself from David Cameron’s suggestion that UK could offer recognition of Palestinian statehood
Michael Ellis (Con) asks whether the Prime Minister agrees that any recognition of a Palestinian state can only result from negotiations between Israel and Palestine.
Sunak said recognition of Palestine should be part of a process. He suggests many steps should be taken first, and he says the UK stands with Israel.
It seemed like a mild rebuke to David Cameron. Neither Ellis nor Sunak mentioned Cameron, and Cameron’s speech on the subject earlier this week did not explicitly contradict what Sunak was saying today. But Cameron was floating the idea of bringing forward the time when the UK could recognize a Palestinian state – while Sunak seemed to dismiss the prospect into long grass.
Marquise of Cordoba (Lab) cites research that says half of employers exclude blind people. Will the Prime Minister hold a meeting on creating a more inclusive workforce?
Sunak says he wants to see the workforce become more inclusive. The DWP is looking into the matter, he says.
Dawn Butler (Lab) says people in public life should not act to gain personal advantage. She says Sunak tweeted a link to an advert authorizing the Tories to delete data. (He asked for email addresses.) Is Sunak convinced he didn’t break the law?
Sunak said of course he didn’t do it.
Jo Gédéon (Con) asks Sunak to support community banks as an option.
Sunak says the Post Office Horizon scandal does not mean the Post Office is not providing a valuable service.
Andrew Bridgen (Ind) says Tony Blair promoted the Horizon system, which created untold misery. He asks Sunak what he promoted and who did the same.
Sunak says Bridgen was wrong to imply Covid vaccines aren’t safe.
Selaine Saxby (Con) asks about dental care in Devon. She asks when the government’s plan for dentistry will arrive.
Sunak says increased financial support is being provided to this sector. But more needs to be done, he believes. The recovery plan for the dental sector will be published soon, he said,
Dehenna Davison (Con) asks whether the Prime Minister agrees that one-shot manslaughter should be a specific offence. (Her father was killed this way, but she is referring to a recent case where someone who killed this way received a light sentence.)
Sunak says the government will consider Davison’s call for a change in the law on this issue.
Stephen Flynn, the SNP leader at Westminster, talks about bankers’ bonuses. Labor was right to oppose the plan to remove the cap. But now they are in favor of it. It is shameful. Is the Prime Minister comforted by no longer being alone in being disconnected from public opinion?
Sunak says the government followed the recommendations of an independent regulator. He says the Labor Party has no principles.
Flynn said it was a consequence of Brexit. And Brexit red tape is driving up food prices. He refers to “broken Brexit in Britain” and says the Conservatives have also won support from Labour.
Sunak says the best thing the SNP could do to help people cope with the cost of living would be to stop Scotland becoming the highest taxed place in the UK.
Sunak ‘just doesn’t understand how difficult it is for people’, says Starmer, as he attacks PM over cost of mortgages
Star said he didn’t expect Sunak to make fun of Phil. Sunak just doesn’t understand how difficult it is for people. He’s so detached. He can’t even fool his own MPs. George Freeman is exhausted and wants opportunities outside Parliament. Why doesn’t the Prime Minister call an election?
Sunak says he is implementing the plan. This week again, he attacks vaping, extends powers to pharmacies and tax cuts come into force.
Star says Sunak should explain to Phil how paying an extra £1,000 a month will improve his situation. Most people don’t have that money. This shows how out of touch Sunak is. And he says that the council tax is increasing.
Sunak accuses Starmer of resorting to the “politics of envy”. Labor attacked the government for lifting the bonus cap. But Labor has changed its position. Has Starmer spoken to Phil about this? It shows you can’t trust a word Starmer says.
Star » asks about a worker he met in Iceland whose mortgage is increasing by £1,000 a month. If MP George Freeman, on £120,000, cannot afford this government, how can Phil from Iceland?
Sunak says inflation is falling. And people are taking advantage of the tax cut that goes into effect this month. Starmer told Phil how he should pay for Labour’s £28 billion spending.
Star asks the question again. For those with a fixed rate mortgage, how much will their mortgage increase?
Sunak says the measures in place announced by the Chancellor last week will allow mortgages to remain essentially the same. He refers to Labour’s £28 billion Green Plan and claims that Ed Miliband said in an interview this weekend that the party did not need to say how it would finance it.
Star says the government raised taxes and is only giving back part of it. And Sunak expects people to dance in the streets. How much do the monthly payments increase?
Sunak says someone with a monthly mortgage of £800 a month will be able to save money through measures such as allowing them to extend.
Keir Starmer says all parties must work together to get Stormont up and running.
And he says he also met the families of the victims of the Nottingham attack. He says it is impossible to express the horror of what they experienced.
He says one of the hardest jobs for MPs is talking to people at the highest levels about the cost of living crisis. No one will therefore be indifferent to the plight of George Freeman, who had to give up his “dream job” as a minister because he could not pay his mortgage. Is this what they meant by “we’re all in this together”?
Sunak says if Starmer cared he would focus on getting done. Taxes are reduced. But Starmer called the tax cuts “salt the earth”, and Rachel Reeves described them as scorched earth policy.
