PMQs on Progress Articles

Even before PMQs had begun, MPs and journalists had been highlighting that this was only the third PMQs in 12 weeks, and the prime minister’s first appearance in six weeks – a fact remarked upon by the Labour leader. Steering away from questions on child benefit, Ed...

In the chamber today battlelines were drawn ahead of next week’s county polls as Conservative and Liberal Democrat politicians in particular used the platform of PMQs to sally forth for their local parties. Colchester’s Lib Dem MP Bob Russell called on the prime...

It was inevitable on budget day that PMQs would be dominated by questions relating to the budget. A flurry of pointed questions from Labour backbenchers on the 50p top rate of tax left David Cameron repeating the line that when Labour put the top rate of tax up...

Bill Clinton’s successful assault on the White House in 1992 was won with the slogan, ‘It’s the economy, stupid’ - a slogan that was clearly on the minds of many MPs at today’s prime minister’s questions. First at the crease for today’s match was Labour’s Tom...