In Prime Minister’s Questions, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch uses sharply confrontational language as Labour’s leadership changes following Keir Starmer’s resignation as Labour leader on Monday. Starmer makes his first PMQs appearance since announcing his resignation, while Labour MPs back Andy Burnham after he is sworn in later. Badenoch attacks the Labour party’s internal divisions, accusing figures including Ed Miliband of “treachery” and Rachel Reeves of “killing jobs”, and describing other ministers as “traitors and deserters” or “loyal and incompetent”. She also targets education secretary Bridget Phillipson, calling her a “spiteful class warrior” for decisions including VAT on private school fees. Starmer responds that Phillipson is a positive example of social mobility after she grew up in poverty. After Badenoch’s remarks, Speaker Lindsay Hoyle intervenes, warning MPs to avoid language that could be repeated outside the chamber. Separate accounts from the Commons also describe an exchange after PMQs in which Badenoch tells Phillipson she is “destroying children’s lives”. Multiple Labour figures and a peer criticise Badenoch’s tone and imagery, including references to “knives in back”.