Michael Saunders, a former member of the BoE's monetary policy committee which sets interest rates, said the latest inflation figure would be "some help" in trying to ease some of the worries over the UK economy - more on that in our next post.

ANALYSIS: The Conservative leader is scoring points against Starmer and Reeves but to triumph she needs to convince the country she will be a better PM than Nigel Farage

Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch clash after Tulip Siddiq's resignation and inflation fall - PM faces questions over Tulip Siddiq’s resignation as Treasury minister

Keir Starmer will face the Tory leader Kemi Badenoch less than 24 hours after Tulip Siddiq resigned as a Treasury minister. Follow all the latest updates from Prime Minister's Questions

Kemi Badenoch blasted Sir Keir Starmer as "what is wrong with politics" in a major speech today. The Tory leader said she did not feel sorry for Labour amid the criticism the new Government is facing. She referred to the Prime Minister branding politicians calling for a national probe into grooming gangs as jumping on a “far-Right bandwagon”.

The row between Kemi Badenoch, Keir Starmer, Elon Musk, and others, centres around a series of high-profile cases where groups of men - mainly of Pakistani descent - were convicted of sexually abusing and raping predominantly young white girls around the UK.

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer faced Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, 15 January, after a surprise inflation fall gave a boost to under-fire chancellor Rachel Reeves. The prime minister was grilled in the House of Commons on the state of the economy after new figures from the Office for National Statistics showed the rate of Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation slowed to 2.

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The day after clashing with Sir Keir Starmer in the Commons, she also took a swipe at the Prime Minister and his “woman problem” with Chancellor Rachel Reeves who has faced criticism over her Budget, the soaring cost of Government borrrowing and fall in the Pound.

Money talks: Starmer had a dig at Nigel Farage after his brief bromance with Musk came to a dramatic halt at the weekend. He quipped that we “all had a smile” when the X owner whose approval he’s seeking … called for him to be removed as Reform UK leader.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has challenged Sir Keir Starmer over the government's handling of the economy, saying the UK was now "spending more on debt than on schools and hospitals". Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions,