No smoke but plenty of fire in House of Commons as UK’s general election debate takes shape

Prime minister Rishi Sunak points at Labour leader Keir Starmer during prime minister's questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday. Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA Wireinto the top corner on Wednesday, the first time they faced off in the House of Commons for almost a month.

Then came Sunak’s sweetly struck response, which channelled widespread incredulity in Westminster at Starmer’s insistence that he doesn’t need to see a copy of the professional financial opinion that Rayner claims puts her in the clear. Sunak advised the Labour leader to spend less time reading Truss’s book and more time reading his deputy leader’s tax advice. The Tory backbenches have little to cheer about these days, but their rapturous reaction suggested they enjoyed that one.

The Bill passed only with the help of Labour, making the prime minister appear weak. Sunak’s decision to give Tories a free vote while appealing for their support also resulted in his party appearing divided while, in contrast, Labour whipped its MPs to put on a united front. These are the sort of seemingly naive political miscalculations from Downing Street that have many Conservative MPs fearing Sunak can lead them only to disaster in the upcoming election.

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