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Starmer comes under fires from on economy and Siddiq at PMQs
Tulip Siddiq MP speaking at an Association of Jewish Refugees event in the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, on the 80th anniversary of the Kindertransport scheme, November 2018

TROUBLED Sir Keir Starmer came under fire from several fronts in the Commons as critics queued to attack his floundering government.

The Prime Minister was on the defensive on issues ranging from the forced resignation of city minister Tulip Siddiq to the moribund economy to the failure to save the Grangemouth refinery in Scotland.

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch led the charge at Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) with almost an embarrassment of riches to choose from in targeting government failure.

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