Keir Starmer asked Rishi Sunak in PMQs if he agreed with Suella Braverman’s plan for Britons to become fruit pickers, ‘in case they forget how to do things’, instead of focusing on growth and skills. He also derided the prime minister on clearing the home secretary of breaching ministerial code and asked: ‘Does he wish he had the strength to give her a career change of her own?’
Rishi Sunak said the IMF had backed the government’s approach, claiming reading results were the best in the western world and that ambulance waiting times were coming down
