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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Alexandra Topping Political correspondent

Labour MPs criticise language used by Kemi Badenoch in fractious PMQs

Kemi Badenoch speaking at prime minister’s questions
Kemi Badenoch at prime minister’s questions on Wednesday. Photograph: House of Commons

Labour MPs have criticised Kemi Badenoch after a fractious prime minister’s questions on Wednesday, in which she accused the education secretary of being a “spiteful class warrior”.

In a rare move, Badenoch was chastised by the speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, in the chamber of the House of Commons after she took the personal swipe at Bridget Phillipson before saying that Keir Starmer had been betrayed and had “400 knives stuck in his back”.

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