Keir Starmer mocked Kemi Badenoch after she tried to attack him over an online petition demanding another general election. More than 2.7 million people have now signed it, even though it has no practical impact on the date when the country will next go to the polls.

Kemi Badenoch will face off with Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions today. The Tory leader will grill the PM during the weekly session in the Commons at midday. There is no shortage of material for Ms Badenoch to draw from, including fury at Labour's inheritance tax raid on farmers.

Keir Starmer will face questions in Parliament before MPs vote on the assisted dying bill. The Prime Minister will take questions from the leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch, with the Bill likely to be on the agenda. Labour MP Kim Leadbeater formally introduced her Bill to give choice at the end of life for the terminally ill in October.

Keir Starmer has until 2029 at the latest to call the election, and most observers believe he is unlikely to do so until summer 2028 at the earliest. Given Labour’s huge 170-seat Commons majority, the chances of the government losing a vote of confidence - another way in which an election can be triggered - are virtually nil.

Badenoch challenges Starmer on general election petition Kemi Badenoch has challenged Sir Keir Starmer to resign, pointing to a petition signed by 2 million people calling for a general election in the UK.

Sir Keir Starmer hit back at Kemi Badenoch's suggestion that he should resign in light of a petition calling for a general election during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, 27 November. The Conservative leader told the prime minister: "There’s a petition out there,

Sir Keir Starmer has dismissed a jibe by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch over an online petition calling for another general election, as the pair clashed over Labour's tax rises. Badenoch said the petition on Parliament's website showed "two million people asking him to go" after Labour's first Budget since 2010.