Well, that was explosive. Last week, I wrote about how Kemi Badenoch was trying a new tactic at PMQs: eschewing her previous approach to ask Keir Starmer six questions on a single topic, the Conservative leader instead tried to pick holes in a key piece of government legislation. She did similar this week.
The headline issue of the day is, of course, economic growth. The Tories can hardly argue this priority is the wrong one (the necessity of growth is something that unites people across the political spectrum, from the Labour government all the way to followers of Liz Truss). In fact, Badenoch began by noting Rachel Reeves had “embraced a series of Conservative policies”. Instead, she pressed Starmer on whether the government’s flagship workers’ rights legislation meets his own “growth test”. Spoiler alert: Badenoch doesn’t think it does, the Prime Minister disagrees.
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