Starmer laid out the workings-out for this figure - which is based on comparing defence spending in 2024/25, of £66.3bn, with spending £79.7bn in 2027/28 - and hit out at Badenoch's repetitive questioning

Keir Starmer accused Kemi Badenoch of “a desperate search for relevance” as the pair clashed over the government’s plans to boost defence spending. The prime minister delivered the brutal slapdown after the Tory leader highlighted apparent discrepancies between him and defence secretary John Healey.

Keir Starmer has received a boost to his popularity over his response to the growing Ukraine crisis. More Brits now think he makes the best prime minister when compared to Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage.

The plaudits in the House of Commons on Monday hailed from the opposition benches as the UK prime minister’s rivals lined up to praise his handling of talks with US President Donald Trump, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European allies.

The United Kingdom, UK, Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has accused Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch of desperately in search of relevance. Starmer described Badenoch as a “self-appointed saviour of Western civilisation desperate for relevance.

She was responding after US President Donald Trump and his vice president JD Vance launched a bizarre attack on Ukraine 's wartime leader during a White House visit. They responded angrily after Mr Zelensky said Russian dictator Vladimir Putin could not be trusted and pointed out that Putin had broken previous peace agreements.