Badenoch may want to pin Starmer on grooming inquiry or the economy – neither are easy topics for the PMpublished at 12:01 BST
Damian Grammaticas
Political correspondent
The obvious choice is that she’ll want to try to make the prime
minister squirm over the issue of the inquiry into grooming gangs.
The Conservatives have a long-used line of attack here, which is
that they have been in front of Sir Keir Starmer on this issue, calling for an
inquiry before he U-turned and agreed to one, and saying it should be chaired
by a senior judge.
With the setting-up of the inquiry now beset by troubles, and
the resignation of some abuse survivors, Kemi Badenoch may want to try to pin
him on this one issue.
But she could also pivot perhaps to the economy, the fact
inflation seems stuck and, the Conservatives say, “punishing those Labour
promised to protect”.
Or there’s the ongoing disputes surrounding China, the collapse of
the trial dealing with spying allegations, and the pending planning decision on
whether to approve China’s mega embassy for London.
None are easy topics for Starmer.
