Watch: Starmer faces Sunak in first prime minister’s questions amid child benefit rebellion

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Watch again as Keir Starmer faces Risi Sunak in prime minister’s questions on Wednesday (24 July).

Sir Keir faced a Commons grilling in his first Prime Minister’s Questions amid backbench unease over a vote on the two-child benefit cap that saw him suspend seven Labour MPs.

The prime minister was quizzed from the government benches by MPs for the first time since entering Number 10 after stripping Labour rebels of the whip for backing an SNP motion to scrap the welfare measure.

Former shadow chancellor John McDonnell, ex-business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey, Apsana Begum, Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain and Zarah Sultana have been suspended from the parliamentary party.

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