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Parliament to Vote on Starmer Inquiry, Tories Decry Stunt

4/27/2026

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Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle scheduled a Tuesday debate to let MPs vote on a Privileges Committee inquiry into Sir Keir Starmer’s statements.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch accused Sir Keir of repeatedly misleading Parliament and urged Labour MPs to support the inquiry.
Downing Street called the move a “desperate political stunt” by the Conservatives ahead of the May elections.

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Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle scheduled a Tuesday debate to let MPs vote on a Privileges Committee inquiry into Sir Keir Starmer’s statements.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch accused Sir Keir of repeatedly misleading Parliament and urged Labour MPs to support the inquiry.
Downing Street called the move a “desperate political stunt” by the Conservatives ahead of the May elections.