Kemi Badenoch says Sir Keir Starmer's "tiny tariff deal" with the U.S. has put the country in a "worse position than we were in March". The prime minister responds by inviting the Conservative Party leader to tell workforces across the country, such as those at Jaguar Land Rover, that she would "rip up the deal that protects their jobs". Starmer adds the Conservatives are "a dead party walking". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Mr. Speaker, I'm very happy to welcome his tiny tariff deal, but the fact is, it has put us in a worse position than we were in March.
00:08He should not over-egg the pudding. Let's talk about how things are getting worse now.
00:14In every month of this year, household names like Sainsbury's, Tesco, Asda, and Santander have cut staff.
00:21The ONS estimates that there are 100,000 fewer jobs than a year ago.
00:27And this was before his jobs tax, which will make things worse.
00:32Can the Prime Minister promise the House that by this time next year, unemployment will be lower than it is today?
00:39Prime Minister. Mr. Speaker, I think she just said a tiny tariff deal.
00:46Can I suggest that she gets the train to Solihull, two hours, goes to speak to the workforce at JLR,
00:54their families, and their communities, to tell them she would rip up the deal that protects their jobs?
01:02And when she's done that, she might travel across to Scunthorpe and tell the steel workers there
01:08she's going to rip up the deal that saves their jobs.
01:11And then if she's got time, go up to Scotland and talk to the whiskey distilleries.
01:15Tell them she'd rip up the deal that's creating 1,200 jobs for them, boosting their exports,
01:20and then come back here next week and tell us what reaction she got.
01:26I didn't hear her promise to get unemployment down, and that's because he knows things are going to get worse.
01:33Mr. Speaker, she should listen to business. They're in favour of our trade deals.
01:37The India deal. Fantastic deal.
01:41Tariffs on cars cut to 10%.
01:43Whiskey and gin. Tariffs halved.
01:45£4.8 billion into our economy.
01:47What does she say she'll do with the India deal?
01:49She wants to rip it up.
01:51The US deal that saves thousands upon thousands of jobs.
01:55What does she want to do?
01:56She wants to rip it up.
01:57The EU deal, good for our economy.
01:59She's not going to even wait to see what it says.
02:01She absurdly says she's going to rip it up.
02:03It is so unserious.
02:05She even was reduced last week to calling the Indian government, accusing them of fake news.
02:10No wonder she did so badly as a trade secretary.
02:12Mr. Speaker, the project for them is over.
02:15They're sliding into a bivion.
02:16They're a dead party walking.
02:18Bivion!