PMQs live: Starmer and Badenoch clash over digital ID U-turn
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Key Points:
- Conservative minister Kemi Badenoch criticized Labour leader Keir Starmer for the government's "latest U-turn" on digital ID cards and urged him to apologize to farmers over watered-down inheritance tax plans on farmland.
- Labour leader Starmer defended the government's economic record, highlighting pub closures under the previous Labour administration and accusing the Conservatives of crashing the economy, while also condemning X and Grok AI over concerns about abusive content.
- Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey questioned the Prime Minister about South East Water's widespread shortages, but the PM stopped short of committing to stripping the company’s license, only calling the situation unacceptable.
- Starmer labeled Nigel Farage a "Putin apologist" during PMQs and criticized the Conservative Party's internal instability,
