Sir Keir Starmer has refused to apologise for his party’s U-turn chaos while Kemi Badenoch slammed the Prime Minister for “waffling”.
During a heated back-and-forth in the Commons during Prime Minister’s Questions, the Tory leader demanded an apology from Sir Keir just hours after it emerged he was preparing to bin off his plan for mandatory digital ID.
Mrs Badenoch said: “Let’s look at some other things the Prime Minister didn’t get right first time, starting with the family farm tax.
“Some farmers were so terrified they sold their farms last year only for the Prime Minister to U-turn two days before Christmas.
“Will he apologise for the misery he’s caused countless farmers?”
But the Prime Minister simply retorted: “The principle we put in place on inheritance tax is the right one, we listened…what we’re doing is turning the country around.
“Yes, we’ve changed the country. We’ve changed the failed approach of the last Tory Government.”
Mrs Badenoch fired back: “I didn’t hear an apology to the farmers.
“Has he even apologised to the member for Penrith, who stood up for farmers only to have the whip removed?
“This Prime Minister treats his MPs so badly. They follow his lead and he hangs them out to dry every time.”
Since moving into No10, Sir Keir has been accused of U-turning on 13 major policies, from farmers’ inheritance tax, welfare reform and launching a grooming gangs inquiry.
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