LIVE Prime Minister's Questions LIVE: Keir Starmer to face Rishi Sunak in first Commons showdown since election victory - after suspending seven Labour rebels who voted to scrap two-child benefit cap By Elizabeth Haigh Published: 10:45, 24 July 2024 | Updated: 11:07, 24 July 2024 e-mail View comments Advertisement Sir Keir Starmer will today take his first Prime Minister's Questions since his election victory as he faces his old foe Rishi Sunak in the Commons. The Labour leader will again stand opposite Mr Sunak at the despatch box but with their roles reversed as Mr Sunak is given the chance to grill him as Leader of the Opposition. Mr Starmer is likely to come under pressure from within his own ranks after he suspended seven Labour rebels who voted against the government to scrap the two-child benefit cap.
Follow our live coverage below and join in the conversation in our comments section 10:10 Labour MP calls for 'discipline' to avoid 'moral destruction' Luke Akehurst, newly elected Labour MP for North Durham, has called for discipline in the party to avoid a return to 'moral destruction' and chaos seen under Jeremy Corbyn. He called on colleagues and activists to remain 'incredibly disciplined and organised' so that 'people around Jeremy Corbyn' never again take the party on a path towards 'moral and electoral destruction', Jewish News reports. Mr Akehurst was speaking at an event for the Progressive Britain Organisation on the same night seven MPs rebelled on the child b.