Planned fuel duty rise to be scrapped, says Starmer as he defends changes to Russian oil sanctions – UK politics live | Politics
Starmer says fuel tax increase planned for September will be canceled and hauliers will get 12-month road tax holiday
Kirsteen Sullivan (Lab) asks about living expenses.
star player He said today he may announce a 12-month holiday on road tax for hauliers.
And he says the government will not go ahead with the planned increase in fuel duty.
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Sarah Olney (Lib Dem) wants the Prime Minister to congratulate all 54 Liberal Democrat councilors who won all 54 seats on Richmond council. But does he agree that it would be better to replace the original mail system that produced it with a fairer PR system?
star player He says he doesn’t agree with the PR case.
Esther McVey (Con) asks whether Starmer agrees with what Andy Burnham said about wanting to rejoin the EU, or what he said about not wanting to rejoin the EU.
star player He says he agrees with what is written in Labour’s manifesto.
Uma Kumaran (The lab) asks questions about stroke prevention. What is the government doing to improve care for stroke survivors? She says her husband had a stroke.
Stamer She says she knows Kumaran’s husband and thanks him for bringing this up. Ambulance response times have improved, he says.
Calum Miller (Lib Dem) raising questions about a polluted river in his constituency. Requests a meeting with the Environment Agency.
star player He says he will arrange a meeting.
Janet Daby (The lab) says more needs to be done to combat fly-tipping.
star player He says the government is cracking down on “disgraceful waste criminals”.
Hannah SpencerThe recently elected Green MP for Gorton and Denton says he was shocked as a new MP to learn MPs were allowed to drink while at work. Does the Prime Minister accept that this should not be allowed?
star player He congratulates himself on being selected as it was his first question in the PMQs.
He says there are differing views on whether MPs should be allowed to drink in the House of Commons.
Continues:
I know the Greens think their leaders walk on water. It turns out that he lives on water only and does not pay council tax.
star player He said he was told that he had previously incorrectly mentioned a trade agreement with North Korea. He says he means South Korea. He says a deal with North Korea would make news.
Dave Doogan He says this is his first question as the new SNP leader in Westminster. He asks whether Starmer agrees with Andy Burnham in not wanting to join the EU, or with Peter Mandelson’s friend Wes Streeting in wanting to join.
star player He congratulates Doogan on his new job and sarcastically welcomes his “calm, reasonable” approach.
He says he favors a closer relationship with Europe.
Lloyd Hatton (Lab) says if he had received a £5m gift from a billionaire his voters would have called for his resignation.
star player He says Nigel Farage is not in the House of Commons today to defend the donation.
He says Farage needs to explain why he kept this donation secret.
Ed DaveyThe Liberal Democrat leader asked Starmer to rule out further benefit cuts.
star player He said that the government is committed to foreign aid.
Davey He said he could not tell from this whether Starmer had ruled out further cuts.
He asked whether Starmer was relieved that he had agreed with Andy Burnham not to join the single market or customs union during this parliament.
star player He said that if he followed Davey’s policy he would not be able to sign the trade deal with the US that saved jobs in the UK.
Badenoch He said he was talking about Starmer blocking new licences.
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[Starmer is] We import sanctioned Russian oil. It nationalizes steel. The supermarket imposes price controls. It’s as if the Soviets won.
star player He says Badenoch missed what was going on.
He may have missed the truth last week [it was announced] We have the fastest growing economy in the G7.
Last week we saw the biggest drop in the NHS waiting list in 17 years.
Today, inflation fell more than expected.
If you offered me that and Arsenal won the Premier League, I’d take it any day of the week.
Badenoch He says he doesn’t do politics.
Not playing politics. He speaks for the people out there.
The fact is that more people are buying Russian oil because British oil is not being mined.
It approves British oil but not Russian oil. And he should be ashamed.
star player Badenoch said there was no drilling in the North Sea. He says he will have to appeal to the privileges committee.
There is drilling. It operates 24/7 and produces oil and gas. And this will be important for many years to come. We support existing oil and gas fields throughout their lifetime.
