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Kemi Badenoch will pledge that the Tories are ‘now the only party committed to serious welfare reform’.

The Tory leader should have supported Labour’s welfare bill – but such responsible behaviour would have defied the norms of British politics, writes Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Chaotic PMQs sees chancellor upset – reportedly after clash with speaker – as PM fields questions over black hole left by U-turn

Even Kemi Badenoch was able to land punches after prime minister failed to guarantee Rachel Reeves’s position

COMMENT: Her filleting of Starmer and Reeves in the Commons is arguably her biggest success since becoming opposition leader. It could silence complaints by her Conservative critics that she lacks the ruthless skills needed to become prime minister, writes Simon Walters.

Keir Starmer has publicly supported chancellor Rachel Reeves after she was crying and appeared visibly distressed in parliament. Reeves' distress followed government U-turns on welfare reforms, which created a deficit in her budget plans. The welfare reform bill passed only after measures intended to generate long-term savings were removed. Some…

Rachel Reeves appeared emotional during Prime Ministers Questions on Wednesday (2 July), with Kemi Badenoch saying she looks "absolutely miserable”.

Downing Street said the Prime Minister supported his Chancellor after Sir Keir Starmer declined to commit to her future in the Commons.

Downing Street later insisted that Ms Reeves ‘is going nowhere’ and has Sir Keir’s ‘full backing’