Keir Starmer to face Kemi Badenoch for final PMQs of 2024

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  • Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch are back in the Commons for their final PMQs before parliament goes into recess

  • It's been a busy week in politics: inflation has risen for a second month in a row and Chancellor Rachel Reeves has defended the decision to reject compensation for women hit by changes to the state pension age

  • "The vast majority" of women knew the changes were coming, she has said, though campaigners say 3.6 million women born in the 1950s were not properly informed of the rise

  • You'll be able to follow this week's PMQs session at the top of this page from midday - tune into the stream now to watch BBC2's Politics Live

Keir Starmer to face Kemi Badenoch for final PMQs of 2024

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