PMQs Articles

It was a scrappy prime minister’s questions today. It is as if everyone realises that, whatever they do, the polls are not moving and so they have lost heart with setpieces. David Cameron defended PMQs saying that it was a way of holding the government to account. But...

Ed Miliband secured a clear win at prime minister’s questions today. He had set a trap for the prime minister, and David Cameron fell into it. It was the second jobs trap. Normal people have second jobs because they are on minimum wage and cannot pay the rent. The...

Well, well well, the Tories are certainly rattled on the NHS. That’s what it looked like at prime minister’s questions today as Cameron shouted at Miliband. Labour of course ran the NHS as its third policy pledge yesterday and it is turning into the top issue with...

I began Business Questions this week by responding to yesterday’s top line figures on jobs. Whilst we welcome any fall in unemployment, for millions of families up and down this country there is a grim reality lurking beneath the headlines. More and more people are...