Sir Keir Starmer faces his first Prime Minister’s Questions since the Labour landslide victory in the general election. Sir Keir and Rishi Sunak’s roles will be reversed, with Mr Sunak asking the questions instead of answering them in his new role as leader of the opposition. Sign up to our Politics newsletter Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more.
Expect the fall-out from last night’s two-child benefit cap vote to feature heavily - seven Labour MPs were suspended for six months for voting against the government. Politics LIVE: Sir Keir Starmer faces first Prime Minister's Questions Key Events Sir Keir Starmer faces PMQs for the first time since becoming Prime Minister Seven Labour MPs have been thrown out the party over a vote on the two-child benefit cap No question from Stephen Flynn MP after bruising SNP election result Who are the rebel MPs? Seven Labour MPs voted against the government on the two-child benefit cap. They’ve all since been suspended and will sit as independent MPs for the next six months.
This includes ex-shadow chancellor John McDonnell, former shadow education secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey, and Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain, Apsana Begum and Zarah Sultana. The Alba Party says the Scottish Government must now mitigate the two-child benefit cap when i.