{"id":47417,"date":"2026-03-25T12:15:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=47417"},"modified":"2026-03-25T12:15:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:15:18","slug":"keir-starmer-and-kemi-badenoch-clash-over-north-sea-oil-and-gas-at-pmqs-uk-politics-live-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=47417","title":{"rendered":"Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch clash over North Sea oil and gas at PMQs \u2013 UK politics live | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Badenoch attacks Labour’s proposed approach to energy support as more spending for people on benefits<\/h2>\n

Badenoch<\/strong> turns to the proposed energy bill support package, and she says this is another example of Starmer wanting to increase spending for people on benefits.<\/p>\n

Starmer<\/strong> says Badenoch keeps getting things wrong.<\/p>\n

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Badenoch<\/strong> says Norway\u2019s PM is doing what is best for his country. Starmer should do the same.<\/p>\n

She says promising to end new licences in the North Sea was a big mistake.<\/p>\n

Stamer<\/strong> says Badenoch\u2019s plan would not help people with their bills.<\/p>\n

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Badenoch<\/strong> says Starmer is the PM. He can change the law. Last year Norway\u2019s Labour government drilled 49 wells in the North Sea. In the UK Labour drilled none.<\/p>\n

Starmer<\/strong> suggests you cannot change the law retrospectively. He says changing the law would just slow the process down.<\/p>\n

He is clear he does not want to join the war.<\/p>\n

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Badenoch<\/strong> says he is PM, he can make this decision today. He says Starmer can over-ride Miliband.<\/p>\n

She says people on. her side include the unions, Tony Blair, and even some Labour MPs.<\/p>\n

Why does the PM think he knows better than everyone else?<\/p>\n

Starmer<\/strong> says the law proscribes the decision maker. Badenoch should be embarrassed about not knowing this, he says.<\/p>\n

He says we are discussing this because of the war. We need to de-esclate. But Badenoch wanted to jump into the war without regard to the consquences.<\/p>\n

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Badenoch<\/strong> says Starmer loves to hide behind process. What would a DPP make of the excuse, \u201cI would live to provide my WhatsApps, but my phone\u2019s been stolen\u201d?<\/p>\n

She asks if Ed Miliband is running the government.<\/p>\n

Starmer<\/strong> says under legislation applied by the Tories for 14 years Miliband has to take a quasi-judicial decision on this.<\/p>\n

He says people are being \u201cheld to ransom\u201d by fossile fuel prices.<\/p>\n

He says Badenoch wants to outsource energy policy to Russia and Iran.<\/p>\n

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Kemi Badenoch<\/strong> says she asked Starmer six questions last week and he did not answer any of them.<\/p>\n

Will the government approve the Jackdaw and Rosebank oil and gas licences?<\/p>\n

Starmer<\/strong> says those are subject to a quasi-judicial procedure.<\/p>\n

Licences were granted, but they were struck down.<\/p>\n

He says oil and gas will be part of the mix for years to come.<\/p>\n

But the governnment needs to move to renewables to keep costs down. He says a senior Tory used to argue this. He quotes the Tory \u2013 and says it was Badenoch herself.<\/p>\n

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Cat Smith<\/strong> (Lab) criticises the Reform UK councillors who lead Lancashire council.<\/p>\n

Starmer<\/strong> says Reform are letting people down in many areas where they run the local council. They have \u201cnothing to offer but chaos, grievance and division\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Keir Starmer<\/strong> starts by condemning the arson attack on the Jewish community at the weekend, and he says he is please to say the Hatzola ambulances have now been replaced.<\/p>\n

And he highlights the governments new towns announcement, and the extension of nurseries.<\/p>\n

And he wishes the new archbishop of Canterbury success in her new role.<\/p>\n

Share<\/span>Keir Starmer in his car heading for the Commons for PMQs within the past half hour.<\/span> Photograph: Leon Neal\/Getty ImagesShare<\/p>\n

Met police releases transcript of McSweeney reporting phone theft to 999 to show he did not say he was PM’s chief of staff<\/h2>\n

The Metropolitan police<\/strong> is also keen to dispel conspiracy theories about the loss of Morgan McSweeney\u2019s phone. (See 11.36am.)<\/p>\n

Some commentators online have said they have found it hard to believe that, if the PM\u2019s chief of staff were to report the loss of a phone that might contain secret information, the Met police would do little or nothing about it.<\/p>\n

In response, this morning the Met has provided journalists with a transcript of the call made by McSweeney when he called 999 to report the theft of his phone.<\/p>\n

It shows that McSweeney told the call handler that it had been a government phone that had been stolen. And he gave the call handler his name. But that did not prompt the call hander to ask \u201cAre you the Morgan McSweeney?\u2019 and nothing was said in the conversationn about McSweeney being the PM\u2019s chief of staff.<\/p>\n

The Met said:<\/p>\n

double quotation markUnfortunately, much of it has included some assumptions about what would have been known to us at the time of the report and how that should have influenced our decision making and handling.<\/p>\n

Of particular note, it has been assumed by many that the Met would have known details of the victim\u2019s employment or the particular security risks associated with his device or material on it. This was not information provided to us and could not reasonably have shaped our decision making, as you will see below.<\/p>\n

We would not typically release detailed information about an allegation of crime however given the profile of the incident, the public interest and in an effort to ensure any reporting is as accurate as possible, we have taken the decision to do so.<\/p>\n

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