President Trump’s pick to head the Transportation Department, after the White House budget office issued a memo Monday evening pausing large swaths of federal funding, which Democrats warned would plunge the nation in chaos.

Kemi Badenoch was scolded after she accused Sir Keir Starmer of misleading the House of Commons. During Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, 29 January — which followed Rachel Reeves' major Heathrow announcement — the Conservative leader claimed the prime minister misled the House over his education policy.

Kemi Badenoch is set to clash with Sir Keir Starmer at PMQs today. The Tory leader will grill the Prime Minister during the weekly session in the Commons after Rachel Reeves made her emergency growth speech this morning.