Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer welcomes his eight new MPs into the House following the party's by-election wins saying, "the victories show, without a question, that Britain is ready for change" before adding that the Tories engage in a "desperate spectacle of claiming it can offer change away from itself". Prime Minister Rishi Sunak responded by accusing the opposition leader of having "unnecessarily inflationary and dangerous plans" which would cost taxpayers an extra £28 billion a year. Report by Czubalam. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 Mr Speaker, it's also customary to welcome new members to this House.
00:04 Though I have to say, given your stickler for parliamentary time limits, this could be difficult.
00:13 But I do welcome all 11 new members to the first of these debates.
00:20 One for the party opposite, two for the party that sits over there,
00:26 and eight on these benches.
00:32 [Booing]
00:35 Victories which show without question that Britain is ready for change.
00:41 Victories that have reduced the party opposite, now nearly 14 years in power,
00:46 to the desperate spectacle of claiming it offers change away from itself.
00:56 Today's address shows just how ridiculous that posturing is.
01:01 Because what we have before us is a plan for more of the same.
01:07 More sticking plasters, more division, more party first, country second gimmicks,
01:13 and no repudiation of the utterly discredited idea that economic growth is something the few hand down to the many.
01:22 Now Mr Speaker, let me also thank the Leader of the Opposition for his contribution to this debate,
01:28 and indeed his first U-turn of it.
01:31 As a former Republican, he used to think this country shouldn't even have a King's Speech,
01:35 but at least that is one U-turn the whole country will welcome.
01:39 Now the right honourable gentleman is prone to changing his position,
01:42 but in fairness his speech did strike a few consistent notes.
01:46 Higher inflation, more strikes, more immigration, and higher borrowing.
01:51 The party opposite's plan to unnecessarily borrow £28 billion more every year,
01:59 and give in to inflation-busting pay demands from their union paymasters,
02:04 is dangerous, inflationary, and the British people would pay the price in higher interest rates and higher taxes.
02:12 Now in truth, Mr Speaker, Labour will borrow anything.
02:14 People's money, people's ideas,
02:17 and it now turns out that his copy and paste Chancellor is very happy to borrow other people's work too.
02:25 But she's not the only member opposite to get unstuck by a book.
02:30 Earlier this year, the Leader of the Opposition had to abandon writing his own book,
02:35 return the deposit. It was supposed to be his vision for Britain,
02:39 but his publishers discovered what the British people already know,
02:43 he simply doesn't have one.