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.

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.

UK cuts foreign aid as Starmer prioritizes defense, dismissing Badenoch’s influence. Move follows Trump’s push for Europe to boost security spending.

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.

Starmer mocks Badenoch’s ‘desperate search for relevance’ in clash over defence spending boost - PM set to discuss increase to 2.5 per cent by 2027

Kemi Badenoch has warned Keir Starmer that the Government's funding for its plan to use the overseas aid budget to increase defence spending raises "serious questions". Ministers have provided “totally inconsistent figures” for how it will pay for its defence spending increase, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said.