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HANSARDEngagementsFor every £2 the Prime Minister says he is giving people back, he is taking £10 out of their back pocket through higher tax. He thinks they should be dancing in the street and…31 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister just does not get it. The Government have crashed the economy; mortgages are skyrocketing; they are doubling the debt. They say they are going to max out the…31 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsLaughing at an Iceland employee who is struggling with his mortgage—shame. Phil told me his mortgage is going up by a staggering £1,000 a month. He does not want other…31 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsI invite the Prime Minister to get in touch with Phil and explain to him how paying £1,000 more in his mortgage is making him better off, because that is not how he feels. The…31 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsI actually did not expect the Prime Minister to be laughing at Phil. I did not expect that— [ Interruption. ]31 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister just does not get how hard it is for millions of people across the country like Phil. That is the primary problem: they are struggling with their mortgages,…31 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe Government have forfeited the right to lecture others about the economy. Somebody coming off a fixed-rate mortgage will be paying an average of £240 more each and every…31 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsIt is not the sidelines but from behind him that the fire is coming. The Prime Minister can try to blame the Labour party all he wants, but the difference is that I have changed…24 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsIn 2008, I was the Director of Public Prosecutions, putting terrorists and murderers in jail. The Prime Minister was making millions betting on the misery of working people during…24 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsThank you, Mr Speaker. Can I join the Prime Minster in his comments about His Majesty the King and Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, and in his comments about Holocaust…24 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsWhen will the Prime Minister finally realise that the biggest practical issue facing Britain is the constant farcical incompetence of the Government he leads?24 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsMaking steelworkers redundant and failing to provide childcare is not a plan, Prime Minister; it is a farce. He may soon discover that with childcare there is an IT problem,…24 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsThere is only one party that crashed the economy, and they are sitting right there. [ Interruption. ]24 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister spouts so much nonsense, no wonder they are giving up on him. Even now, as his Government crumble around him and his own MPs point out that he is out of touch…24 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister is Mr 25 Tax Rises, and he has nothing to say on childcare. Millions of families will have been listening for an answer, and they got absolutely nothing. He…24 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsI love this quaint tradition where the more they slag him off behind his back, the louder they cheer him here.24 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsI was glad to see that the Prime Minister managed to get some time off yesterday afternoon to kick back, relax and accidentally record a candid video for Nigel Farage. The only…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Tributes to Sir Tony LloydThe death of Sir Tony Lloyd last week was a great loss to so many people on the Labour Benches and beyond, but the sadness we feel pales in comparison with the grief that Tony’s…23 Jan 2024HANSARDAction Against Houthi Maritime AttacksI thank the Prime Minister for the advance copy of his statement. Labour said that we will judge further action against the Houthis on a case-by-case basis, so let me be clear…23 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsMy first thought is, “How do you actually lose 4,250 people?” Then I remember that this is the Government who scrapped High Speed 2, but the costs are still rising by billions;…17 Jan 2024