At this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions, Kemi Badenoch, Leader of the Conservative Party, accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of repeated policy “U-turns,” most recently on digital ID.
Badenoch listed reversals on the winter fuel allowance, a ‘grooming gangs’ inquiry and family farms tax, arguing they point to weak leadership and a lack of strategic direction. Starmer rejected the charge, pointing instead to falling inflation, successive interest-rate cuts, rising wages and stronger-than-forecast growth in 2025 as evidence that Labour’s economic strategy is working.
Key points:
• Digital ID: The government has stepped back from making a national digital ID mandatory, favouring consultation and optional use.
• Economic claims: Starmer cited easing inflation, six interest rate cuts, wage growth and improved growth forecasts.
• Political framing: Badenoch argues the reversals undermine confidence in government decision-making.
In closing, Badenoch said one cabinet minister had told a journalist that “what’s happening at the moment is extraordinarily bad”, adding that another had said the government was now “so unpopular” that it may be time to “roll the dice on a new leader”.
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