Tory MP Alex Burghart went up against Deputy PM Angela Rayner at Prime Minister’s Question on today.The shadow chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster is stood in for Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch.
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00:00It was his government that crashed the economy, that saw inflation rise to 1.1% and growth
00:08flatline. It was his government that spent the reserves three times over. I take no lessons
00:15from the honourable gentleman.
00:17I understand why the right honourable lady doesn't want to answer questions about the
00:23terrible choices the government have made. It's because the truth is ugly. The truth
00:28is that this is a punishment meted out to people who don't vote Labour. It's the same
00:33punishment meted out to parents who send their children to private schools. It's the same
00:39punishment meted out to the owners of small businesses, terrified about national insurance
00:44contributions. And it's the same punishment meted out to pensioners who can't afford to
00:48pay their fuel this winter. Isn't it the truth, Mr Speaker, that if you don't vote Labour,
00:54they don't care about you?
00:56There will be more. There will be more. And it won't be what you want more of, Deputy
01:06Prime Minister.
01:07Well, Mr Speaker, after that display, he clearly didn't recognise the result of the general
01:14election. And it's learned nothing. While this government has been fixing the mess that
01:21they left, the Conservatives have been desperately trying to rewrite history. They come here
01:28every week jumping on a new bandwagon, taking a new pot shot, but absolutely no word on
01:35what they'll do differently. Last week, the Leader of the Opposition admitted she supported
01:40Labour's plans to invest in NHS, schools and homes. But what they want is all the benefits
01:47of the budget, Mr Speaker. But I have no idea how they'll pay for it. Mr Speaker, the faces
01:55may change, but it's the same old Tory party. Straight back to putting everything on their
02:01credit card, spending their reserves three times over. We took the difficult decisions
02:06to fix the £22 billion black hole that they left behind. And while they're reinventing
02:13the past, we're investing in the future.