Summary

  • Kemi Badenoch presses Keir Starmer on Donald Trump's historic US presidential election win and the Budget in her first PMQs as Tory party leader

  • They both congratulate the president-elect, and Badenoch presses Starmer on whether his Foreign Secretary David Lammy will apologise for comments he previously made about Trump - the PM says the pair had a "constructive meeting" a month ago

  • She then asks if he will continue trade talks with the Trump administration - Starmer responds that he will "discuss issues of our economy" with the president-elect

  • Badenoch then moves on to last week's Budget, focusing on farmers and hitting out at the "cruel family farms tax". The PM says the Budget is about fixing the economy and plugging the "£22bn black hole"

  • Analysis: Badenoch’s first outing at PMQs has been punchy and confident, writes the BBC's political editor Chris Mason

PMQs: Starmer v Badenoch - in full

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Edited by Matt Spivey and Francesca Gillett

  1. 'Proud moment for the country': Starmer's reaction to Badenoch victory

    Prime Minister Keir Starmer took to X on Saturday to congratulate Badenoch as the new leader of the opposition.

    He wrote that to be the first black leader of a Westminster party is a "proud moment" for the country.

    "I look forward to working with you and your party in the interests of the British people," he added.

  2. Our party is critical to the success of our country - Badenoch

    Jenrick shakes Badenoch's hand to congratulate herGetty Images

    On Saturday, Kemi Badenoch became the first black woman to lead a major political party in the UK - and the sixth Tory leader in less than eight and a half years.

    A lengthy leadership contest began after Rishi Sunak stood down in the wake of the election defeat.

    Badenoch secured more votes from Conservative Party members than rival Robert Jenrick. She'd also previously defeated the four other MPs who had received the necessary backing to stand as candidates (Tom Tugendhat, Mel Stride, Priti Patel and James Cleverly).

    Her victory speech over the weekend centred around pledges to "renew" the party and win back voters.

    "Our party is critical to the success of our country," she said.

    "But to be heard, we have to be honest."

  3. Kemi Badenoch's rise to the top

    Badenoch stands smiling and waving next to a 'Conservatives' podiumGetty Images

    Badenoch stands to make her speech after winning on November 2

    Kemi Badenoch won the Conservative leadership race last weekend, but what key moments in her career led to her clinching top spot?

    She first joined the party in 2005 before unsuccessfully standing for Parliament five years later, in 2010, and then for the London Assembly in 2012.

    In 2015, she took a vacant Assembly seat after two members were elected as MPs. She backed Brexit in 2016 and became an MP in June 2017 for Saffron Walden, in Essex.

    Badenoch came fourth in the 2022 leadership contest for Boris Johnson's successor. When Liz Truss came in as prime minister she made Badenoch international trade secretary. Rishi Sunak kept her in that role, adding on business and women and equalities briefs.

    Her time in Parliament has been characterised by her straightforwardness and willingness to engage in controversial issues, BBC politics reporter Chas Geiger writes.

    For more on who Kemi Badenoch is, we've got a full profile.

  4. Commons clash expected as Badenoch faces Starmer

    Jennifer McKiernan
    Political reporter

    Kemi Badenoch grins after winning the Tory leadership contestEPA

    Sparks are expected to fly as the new Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch goes head-to-head with Sir Keir Starmer at PMQs today.

    The MP for North West Essex has a reputation as blunt-speaking, most recently infuriating Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle in an exchange that ended with a dressing down and him asking her "who do you think you're speaking to?"

    That combative attitude shows no sign of waning, with Badenoch appointing her shadow cabinet yesterday and telling them to take the fight to Labour.

    They've come out swinging, with attacks on immigration, prisons, energy and the environment - and there's no reason to assume Badenoch will not be doing the same at the dispatch box.

  5. A new Tory leader at the dispatch box

    Matt Spivey
    Live page editor

    Good morning and welcome to our coverage of Prime Minister's Questions, the first for Kemi Badenoch as leader of the Conservatives.

    She defeated leadership rival Robert Jenrick by 12,418 votes and, in her victory speech, promised to "renew" the party.

    Just three days before Badenoch’s victory was confirmed, Rachel Reeves delivered the first Labour Budget in 14 years, saying it is not one Labour want to repeat.

    University funding has also been thrust into the limelight after the government opted to increase the cap on tuition fees by £285 a year to £9,535, and up maintenance loans by 3.1%.

    There's no doubt that Donald Trump declaring a "magnificent victory" in the US election will also be a topic of discussion in the House of Commons, as the prime minister has congratulated Donald Trump on what he calls a "historic election victory".

    We'll keep you up to date as Kemi Badenoch is due to take to the dispatch box as leader of the opposition for the first time. Stay with us.