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Keir Starmer will be grilled by senior MPs – follow live
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Keir Starmer will be grilled by senior MPs – follow live

Three themes for today’s sessionpublished at 1:50 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time

Labour's Emily Thornberry is chair of the Foreign Affairs CommitteeImage source, Reuters
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Labour’s Emily Thornberry is chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee

Dame Meg Hillier, Labor MP, will chair today’s session, which will cover economy, public services, global affairs And security – not necessarily in this order.

MP Liam Byrne, also Labor, who wrote a book called The Inequality of Wealth, will question the Prime Minister on economy. He is joined by others including Lib Dem Alistair Carmichael, chairman of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee.

MPs question Starmer on public services and his plan for change include Labour’s Debbie Abrahams, the Conservative Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown and Helen Hayes, also of Labour.

Starmer will also answer questions about global affairs And security Conservative Dame Karen Bradley, who chairs the Home Affairs Select Committee, Labor MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi and Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman Emily Thornberry of Labour.